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Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 568
wenz'da, n. fourth day of the week. Weld, [A.S Wfidenes dirg, the day of IVdden or Odin,’ by the chief Teutonic deify.] with Wee, w£, adj. small, [Cf. Prov. E. weeny, small, Welfare, 653 fate, far m2 her mine mOte; Welfare hzu , Ger. wenig; of. Scot, a wkeen, a number.} wSd, n. any usele plant of small growth usele or troublesome.— v to free weeds to remove anything hurtful or offenn. Weed'or. [A.S. weed, an herb w£d, n. a garment esp. in pi. a widow’s apparel [A.S weed, clothing; 0 wht, cloth, corrupted to Ger. -wand (as in from a Tout, root seen in Goth. ‘to bind.’] [weeds. wgd'i, adj. consisting of weeds full of wek, n. the space of seven days, esp. from to Sunday. [A.S. voice vika, week, Ger. woche; conn, also with L. change [Sunday. wck'da, any day of the week except wek'li, adj. coming, happening, or done a week —adv. once a week. n. a public a appearing once a week wen, to think or fancy [A.S. wen an veu (Ger. wa/in expectation, hope wep, r to expre grief by.shedding to wail or lament v.t to lament: to forth pa and pa.p. wept. [A S. pan allied to Goth, vopjtm E Whoop.] wCp'er, n. one who xueeps a white border the sleeve of a mourning dre . wep'ing. adj drooping the branches (as were through grief) wcvii, «. a small kind of beetle very deto gram. [A S. 7m/el Gci. zuiebel, ival’iilas from the root of Weave.] weft, n the ihrcatis woven into and cro the warp. [A.Sweft, for unfed a weak of ve/an, E. Weave.] wJ, v.t to compare by the balance to find heavine of; to be equal to in heavine bear up, to raise, esp a ship’s anchor to in the mind to consider worthy of notice. vi to have weight to be consideied of imto pre heavily. [A.S. wegan, to to weigh Ger to weigh L. to carry. Cf. Way, Waill.] wfit, n the heavine of a thing when or the amount which anything weighs force with winch a body is attracted to the measured by the ma into the acceleraa ma of metal adjusted to a standard and for finding weight anything heavy a ma yire ure importance power: [A S. gc-wiht; Ger. ge-vncht root of Weigh.] wit'i, ad] heavy: important: forcible. adv. Weightily. «. Weight'ine . Wear, wer, n A dam acro a liver: a of stakes for catching fish. \.S. wer, an zverian, to protect: cf. Ger. we/ir, a —wekren, to ward.] weid, n a spell or charm. adj. skilled in unearthly. [A.S. wyrd, fate—root wear than Ger. zverden, to happen. See wcVkum, adj. received with gladne willingly: causing gladne : free to —n. kindly reception — v.t. to receive kindne : to entertain hospitably. [From and Will, influenced also by Well.] weld, «. a plant used to colour yellow. waLl, Ger. vats.] weld, v.t. to join together as iron or steel hammering, when softened by heat [Conn, A.S. wealleft, to boil, Ger. «fallen.] werfar, n. state of faring or doing zvell: mate m5Qa Men. 568 IMG:page-568.webp:Page 568 ) Welkin freedom from any calamity, . enjoyment of health, prosperity. Walkia, we] 'kin, n. the sky or region of clouds. [A.S. Twicen Tt’dcn, cloud, air, sky; Ger. wolke, cloud; com i. with Well, a spring, the root idea being the rolling’ (of clpuds) in the air.]
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