weird, wierd, weer, n., I, 69, 42, 47; 71, 37; 72 f., 6, 61; 77, 6; 309, B 1; 482, E: fate, fortune, destiny.

weird, v., I, 311, 3: destine.

weird, I, 107, 1: the reading at this place is compounded from, weird her a grit sin, IV, 445, 1, and ward her in a great sin, IV, 446, 1; the reading of IV, 445, would mean, destined, put her in the way of, a great sin; ward in of the other text does not give an easy sense, and ward is perhaps a corruption of weird.

weirdless, III, 391, H 3: unlucky.

weit, I, 140, N (Pinkerton): know.

welde, III, 112, 52: would.

well, euphemism for God. See weel.

well, III, 112, 48: will.

well, the well o wine gaed in, IV, 428, 16: perhaps wale, choice, the best; but since the wine was poisoned, this must be meant ironically.

well, weel, weil, very, right. well good, II, 46, 43; III, 132, 5; 478 f., 15, 34; V, [49], 11: very good. weil gaucy, V, [152], 3. well warst, V, [180], 14, 16; 214 a, 1: very worst. well faire mayde, II, 439, 3, 8, should perhaps be well-fared.