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WEILL-HEARt.i.t, _adj._ Not dejected, S.
WEILL-WILLIE, WEILL-WILLIT, _adj._ Liberal, not n.i.g.g.ardly, S.
_Ruddiman._
Su. G. _waelwillig_, A. S. _wellwillenda_, benevolus.
WEIN, _s._ L. _wem_, stain, q. v.
_Barbour._
WEIR, _s. Weir of law_, the act of a person, charged with a debt, of which there is no legal evidence; who gives a pledge to clear himself of it, in the next court, by his own oath, supported by the oaths of five compurgators, who shall attest their belief that he swears truly.
_Stat. Ja. I._
It is synon. with the E. forensic phrase, _Wager of Law_, and L. B.
_vadiare legem_. The E. phrase is from O. Fr. _gagiere_, an engagement, a pledge; ours from A. S. _waere_, foedus, pactum; whence _waer-borh_, _wer-borh_, fidejussor, sponsor.
WEIR, _s._ ~War~; ~Weir-men~, ~Weir-hors~, ~Weirly~, ~Weir-wall~.
V. ~Were~.
WEIRD, WERD, WERDE, WEERD, _s._
1. Fate, S.
_Wyntown._
2. Prediction.
_P. Buch. Dial._
A. S. _wyrd_, fatum; _wyrde_, parcae.
_To_ ~Weird~, ~Weerd~, _v. a._
1. To destine.
_P. Buch. Dial._
2. To predict.
_Minstr. Bord._
~Weirdless~, ~Wierdless~, _adj._ Unprosperous, through something cross in one's lot, S.
_To_ WEISE, WYSE, _v. a._
1. To use policy, for attaining any object, S.
_Watson._
2. To lead, direct, S.
_Ramsay._
3. To turn by art, rather than strength, S.
_Ramsay._
4. _To weise awa'_, to wheedle; as, to entice a tradesman to leave his master; Clydes.
Teut. _wys-en_, to teach, to show; or O. Fr. _vois-ier_, _ves-ier_, tromper, ruser; _wiseux_, fin, subtil.
_To_ ~Weise~, ~Wyse~, _v. n._ To incline, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ WEIT, _v. n._ To make inquiry.
A. S. _wit-an_, providere; Su. G. _wit-a_, probare.
WEIT, WEET, _s._ Rain, wetness, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _waeta_, humidity, Isl. _vaeta_, rain.
_To_ ~Weit~, ~Weet~, _v. a._ To wet, S.
_Burns._
~Weet~, ~Weit~, _adj._ Wet, S.
~Weetie~, _adj._ Wet, S. B.
WELANY, _s._ Damage, disgrace.
_Barb._
