Staff W of the Old English Wordbook.
For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Forshortenings.
| Quickened | Old English | Kind | Meaning |
| wad | wæd | n | ford, shallow water, water that may be traversed |
| warrily | wearglíc | adj | criminal, vile, wretched |
| warry/warrow | wearg/wearh | n | criminal, outlaw |
| warry | werigan | vb | curse, execrate, abuse |
| warrying | wirgung, wergung | n | curse, cursing |
| warryqueddle | weargcwedol | adj | prone to cursing, maledictive |
| warryqueddle | weargcwedolian | vb | to curse, speak evil |
| warryqueath | weargcweþan | vb | to curse, speak evil |
| warryrood | weargród | n | gallows, gibbet |
| warritree | weargtréow | n | gallows, gibbet, cross |
| wayfare | wegfōr | n | journey, travel |
| wallstone | weallstan | n | mortar, cement |
| wead/weved | wigbéod, wéofod | n | altar |
| weaponed | wǣpned | adj | male |
| weaponedkin | wǣpnedcynn | n | the male sex |
| weaponedwifester | wǣpnedwīfestre | n | hermaphrodite |
| weathe | wǣþan/wēþan | vb | to hunt, pursue, chase |
| westal (wighstall) | wéohsteall, wígsteall | n | altar-stand |
| whalve | hwealf | adj | concave |
| wharve | hweorfan | vb | to turn |
| wharveful | hwurful | adj | fickle, mutable |
| wharvely | hwearflic | adj | changing, transitory |
| wharft | hwearft | n | revolution |
| wharftle | hwearftlian | vb | to revolve |
| whate | hwat, hwatu | n | omen, augury |
| whate | hwata | n | augur, diviner, fortune teller, psychic |
| wheed | hwǣde | adj | slight, insignificant |
| wheester | hwǣstrian | vb | murmur, mutter |
| whem | hwemm | n | corner, angle |
| whem | hwemman | vb | to angle, slope, incline |
| what | hwæt | adj | quick, bold, vigorous, active |
| whetly | hwætlíce | adv | quickly, boldly, vigorously |
| whilestitch | hwílsticce | n | interval |
| whilewendly | hwílwendlic | adj | transitory, temporary |
| whirftway | hwyrftweg | n | escape |
| whoop | hwōpan | vb | to threaten |
| whooze | hwōsan | vb | to cough |
| whother | hwoðerian | vb | to foam, surge |
| wigh | wig/wēoh | adj | holy, consecrated |
| wigh | wīh | n | idol, fetish |
| wighbede | wīggebed | n | prayer to an idol (?) |
| wighsmith | wīgsmiþ | n | maker of idols |
| wighgild | wīggild | n | an idol |
| wighstall | wīgsteall | n | altar-stand |
| wighworth | *wīgweorþan | vb | to worship an idol |
| wighworthing | wīgweorþung | n | idol worship, fetishism |
| wike | wīcan | vb | to yield, give way |
| wilder | wilddéor | n | wild animal, beast, savage |
| wilderly | wilddéorlíc | adj | bestial, brutal, brutish, savage |
| willreethy | wilhréþig | adj | satisfied, exultant |
| willsome | wilsum | adj | desirable |
| Wind | Wined | n | Slav |
| Windland | Wineda land | n | Slavia |
| wirm/werm | wyrm | n | dragon, serpent |
| wirth/wirrowth | wyrgþu | n | condemnation, curse, punishment; evil |
| wise | wīsian | vb | to direct, show, guide |
| withqueath | wiþcweðan | vb | to speak against, contradict |
| witherling | wiþerling | n | adversary, opponent |
| withermerse | wiþmærsian | vb | proclaim, broadcast, make popular throughout, spread abroad, celebrate |
| witherstead | wiþerstede | n | substitution |
| withfare | wiþfaran | vb | to escape |
| withhave | wiþhabban | vb | to oppose, resist |
| withhaft | wiþhæftan | vb | to restrain |
| withhuy | wiþhycgan | vb | to reject |
| withledge | wiþlǣcan | vb | to deprive |
| withlead | wiþlǣdan | vb | to abduct |
| withlie | wiþlicgan | vb | to object, oppose, resist |
| withmete | wiþmetan | vb | to compare |
| withsake | wiþsacan | vb | to renounce |
| withsay | wiþsecgan | vb | to renounce |
| withspeak | wiþsprecan | vb | to contradict |
| wolderbeigh | wuldorbéag | n | crown |
| wyand | wígend | n | fighter, warrior, soldier |
| wye/wie | wíg | n | war, battle |
| wye | wíga | n | fighter, warrior |
| wyefrom | wígfruma | n | war-leader, chieftain, commander |
| wyegar | wíggár | n | lance, war-spear |
| wyehard | wígheard | adj | battle-hardy, tough |
| wyehaw | wíghaga | n | phalanx, army wall |
| wyehouse | wíghús | n | military tower, defensive building, arx, turris |
| wyeleeth | wígléoþ | n | war-song |
| wyely | wíglíc | adj | martial, warlike |
| wyered | wígrǣden | n | warfare |
| wyestall | wígsteall | n | defensive position, bulwark, bastion |
| wyethrake | wígþracu | n | warfare, violence |
| wyethreat | wígþréat | n | military troop |
| wyewain | wīgwǣgn | n | war chariot, tank |