wæl, st. neut., slaughter, the slain, corpse, 448, etc.; nom. pl. walu, 1042.

wæl-bedd, st. neut., slaughter-bed.

wæl-bend, st. m. f., slaughter-bond, death-band, 1936.

wæl-blēat, adj., [slaughter-pitiful]; acc. f. wunde wæl-blēate, “his deathly pitiful wound,” 2725.

wæl-dēað, st. m., slaughter-death, death by violence, 695.

wæl-drēor, st. neut., slaughter-gore, 1631.

wæl-fǣhð, st. f., slaughter-feud, deadly feud, 2028.

wæl-fāg, adj., slaughter-stained, 1128.

wæl-feall, -fyll, st. m., slaughter-fall, violent death, 3154; dat. sg. gewēox hē…to wæl-fealle…Deniga lēodum, “he sent many of the Danes to a violent death,” 1711.

wæl-fūs, adj., ready for, expecting, (a violent) death, 2420.

wæl-fyll, see wæl-feall.

wæl-fyllo, slaughter-fill, fill of slaughter, 125.

wæl-fȳr, st. neut., slaughter-fire, death-bringing fire, 2582; corpse-fire, pyre, 1119.

wæl-gæst, st. m., slaughter-guest, murderous stranger, 1331, 1995.

wæl-hlem, st. m., slaughter-crash, terrible blow, 2969.

wæll-seax, st. neut., slaughter-knife, deadly short-sword; dat. sg. (with uninflected adjs.) wæll-seaxe gebræd biter ond beadu-scearp, “drew his keen and battle-sharp short-sword,” 2703.

wǣlm, see wylm.

wæl-nīð, st. m., slaughter-hate, slaughter-strife, deadly enmity, 85, 2065, 3000.

wæl-rǣs, st. m., [slaughter-race] deadly strife, mortal combat, 2947, 824, 2531.

wǣl-rāp, st. m., [whirlpool-rope] icicle, 1610 (see note).

wæl-rēaf, st. neut., slaughter-spoil, battle-booty, plunder, 1205.

wæl-rēc, st. m., slaughter-reek, deadly exhalation, 2661.

wæl-rēow, adj., slaughter-fierce, fierce in strife, 629.

wæl-rest, st. f., [slaughter-rest] bed of (violent) death, 2902.

wæl-sceaft, st. m., slaughter-shaft, deadly spear, 398.

wæl-steng, st. m., slaughter-pole, spear, 1638.

wæl-stōw, st. f., slaughter-place, battle-field, 2051, 2984.

wǣn, st. m., wain, wagon; acc. sg. 3134.

wǣpen, st. neut., weapon, 1660, 1467, 1664, etc.; acc. pl. wǣpen, 292.

wǣpned-mon(n), st. m., weaponed man, man, 1284.

wǣr, st. f., compact, treaty, 1100; keeping, protection, 27, 3109. [“Beiträge” x. 511.]

wǣran, etc., see wesan.

wæstm, st. m., growth, form; dat. pl. on weres wæstmum, “in man’s form,” 1352.

wæter, st. neut., water, the sea, 93, etc.; dat. wætere, 1425, 1656, 2722, wætre, 2854; instrumental gen. hē hine eft ongon wæteres weorpan, “he began again to sprinkle him with water,” 2791.

wæter-egesa, w. m., water-terror, the terrible mere, 1620.

wæter-ȳð, st. f., water-wave, 2242.

wāg, st. m., wall, 1662, 995.

wala, w. m., wale, “wreath” (in heraldry), a protecting rim or roll on the outside of the helmet (Skeat); nom. sg. ymb þæs helmes hrōf hēafod-beorge wīrumbewunden wala ūtan hēold, “round the helmet’s crown the ‘wreath,’ wound about with wires, gave protection for the head from the outside,” 1031.

Waldend, see Wealdend.

wald-swæð, st. neut., or