waíla-wizns, f. ([103]), wel-living, food; Skeir. VII, b. [-wizns < wisan, to eat, feast, be merry, + suff. -ni-; cf. wizôn, to liv (I. Tim. V, 6).]
waír, m. ([91], n. 4), man; Skeir. VII, b. [OE. wer, m., ME. were, wer-, NE. wer-, were- (in werewolf, ME. werwolf, OE. were-wulf, lit. 'man-wolf').]
waírpan, stv. ([174]), to cast, throw, ([1]) w. acc. and in w. acc.; Mk. I, 16; and af w. dat. (the dir. obj. being understood); Mt. V, 29. ([2]) w. (instr.) dat. and ana w. acc.; Mk. IV, 26.—Cpd. us-w. [OE. weorpan, ME. werpe, OHG. werfan, MHG. NHG. werfen, to cast, throw.]
waírs, compar. adv. ([212], n. 1), wurse; Mk. V, 26. [For *waírs-s (cp. 78, n. 2), i. e. *waírs-is (-is being adv. compar. suff.), OE. wiers, wyrs, ME. wurs, wers, NE. wurse.]
waírsiza, compar. adj. ([138]), wurse, wurser; Mk. II, 21. [< waírs- + compar. suff. -iz-an-. OE. wiersa, wyrsa, ME. wurse, werse, NE. wurse (> wurser, a dubl comparison).]
waírþan, stv. ([174], n. 1), (I) principal v., ([1]) to be born, arize, becum, cum forth, appear; Mk. IV, 37. 39. ([2]) to cum to pass, happen, be done or fulfild; Mt. V, 18. VI, 10. Mk. IV, 11. V, 14. 16. Lu. II, 15 (second). Skeir. VII, c; sumtimes the prs. must be renderd by the future in E.; Lu. II, 10; the impers. warþ (prt.) often introduces a narration, either without a connectiv or folld. by jah: it came to pass; Mk. I, 9. II, 15. IV, 4. Lu. II, 1. 6. 15. 46; so w. dat. and inf.; Mk. II, 23.—Of time: to cum, cum on; Mk. I, 32. IV, 35.—With dat., to be givn to, cum to; II. Cor. I, 8. ([3]) to be, w. in w. dat.; II. Cor. III, 8; miþ w. dat.; Lu. II, 13. ([4]) to becum, be, (a) w. a pred. adj. (especially wa. discharging more or less the function of a sb.); Mt. V, 20. 21. 22. VI, 16. 22. 23. Mk. I, 22. 36. 41. 42. II, 21. IV, 22. 32. Lu. II, 2. II. Cor. I, 7. III, 7. IV, 1. 11. 16. V, 17. Skeir. VII, d; —w. twalib-wintruns (sc. alþeis), to be twelv years old; Lu. II, 42; (b) w. a pred. sb.; Mt. V, 45. Mk. I, 17. II. Cor. V, 21. Skeir. VII, c; (c) w. adv.: sundrô; Mk. IV, 10; ja jah nê..ja; II. Cor. I, 19. (II) auxiliary v., w. a pp.; Mk. I, 14. II. 27. III, 26. II. Cor. IV, 1.—Cpd. fra-w. [OE. weorðan, ME. wurðe, worthe, NE. wurth, to becum, be, as in frases: 'woe wurth the day', or 'the man' (indir. obj.).]
waírþida, f. ([97]), wurthiness, dignity, sufficiency; II. Cor. III, 5. Skeir. VII, a. [< waírþs + suff. -i-dô- ([72]). OHG. wirdida, f., wurthiness.]
-waírþnan, wv. ([194], n. 1), in ga-ga-w.
waírþs, adj. ([124]), wurth, wurthy, able, w. du w. dat.; II. Cor. II, 16; w. inf.; Mk. I, 7. II. Cor. III, 5; w. a clause introduced by ei; Mt. III, 11; —waírþana briggan w. gen., to make or count wurthy, make able; II. Cor. III, 6. [OE. weorð, wurð (the u by influence of the w), adj., ME. worth, wurth, NE. wurth.]
wait, prs. of the prt.-prs. witan.