widifu, widdifu, widifau, widdefu, IV, 84, 7, 10, 11, 13; 85, 3; V, [253] f., No 203, D 2, 8: one qualified to fill a widdie or halter.
widna, widne, would not.
wiel-wight, IV, 222, 9: bold, stanch. See well-wight.
wierd. See weird.
wigger. See wicker.
wight, wyght, wicht, whight, I, 330 f., A 3, B 3, C 3; 333, 4; II, 409, 16; III, 63, 152; 414, 49: strong; but also, denoting bodily activity, brisk, as III, 117, 20; III, 63, 148, of John, who has shot well. III, 27, 97; 65, 195; 75, 389; 78, 448, Adam Bell, Clim, and William, and Robin Hood’s men are wight young men. III, 91 f., 6, 8, Guy of Gisborne is a wight yeoman: sturdy. See well-wight. wighty, III, 94, 48, has perhaps caught the y from the word following. See wighty.
wightdom, III, 488, 26: weight.
wightlye, II, 58, 10: with vigor, or briskness.
wight-men, II, 433, 7: waith-men, hunters. (Icel. veiði-maðr, Germ. weidmann.) See waythmen.
wightsmen, IV, 432, 1: wechtsmen, winnowers. wecht is “an instrument for winnowing corn, made of sheep’s skin, in the form of a sieve, but without holes.”