Robin Hood / A collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English outlaw. To which are prefixed historical anecdotes of his life.

by Unknown

Wed, Wende, go, hye.

Wenest, thinkest.

Wenion, Marry gep with a wenion! “He shoulde have bene at home a preaching with a waniant,” says Bishop Latimer, Sermons before King Edward VI., p. 35. This phrase, with a wannion, is common in old plays, but, though its meaning be obvious, even Mr. Steevens is unable to “explain the word at the end of it” (Shak. xiii. 440). It is now corrupted to with a vengeance.

Went, wended, gone.

Werschep, worshipped, reverenced, respected.

West, wist, known.

Wete, know.

Whang, Leathern whang, leather thong or string.

Whereas, where.

Whute, whistle.