Defn: Mad. See Wood, a. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer.
WODE
Wode, n.
Defn: Wood. Chaucer.
WODEGELD
Wode"geld`, n. Etym: [See Wood, and Geld.] (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: A geld, or payment, for wood. Burrill.
WODEN
Wo"den, n. Etym: [AS. Woden; akin to OS. Wodan, OHG. Wuotan, Icel.
Othinn, and probably to E. wood, a. Cf. Wednesday.] (Northern Myth.)
Defn: A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the
Scandinavians. Wednesday is named for him. See Odin.
WOE Woe, n. Etym: [OE. wo, wa, woo, AS. wa, interj.; akin to D. wee, OS. & OHG. we, G. weh, Icel. vei, Dan. vee, Sw. ve, Goth. wai; cf. L. vae, Gr. Wail.] [Formerly written also wo.]
1. Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity. Thus saying, from her side the fatal key, Sad instrument of all our woe, she took. Milton. [They] weep each other's woe. Pope.
2. A curse; a malediction. Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice South.