st on his horn which would be
the sign for the beginning of the great battle between the gods and
the powers of evil.

_Venom_, poison.

_Wall-nook_, an opening or bend in a wall.

_Wallow_, to roll about upon the ground, e.g. "Fafnir, the wallower
on the gold."

_Wan_, pale, pinched with suffering.

_Wane_, to fade away, grow dim.

_Warding-walls_, guarding-walls. "_Warding walls of death_," man's
armour that keeps death from him.

_Wards_, keepers, e.g. door-wards; cf. warden. Fafnir is called
"the gold-warden."

_War-wand_, a sword.

_Wary_, careful, ever on the watch.

_Waste_, to destroy, to sweep away, e.g. Sigurd is said to "waste
every wrong."

_Waxen_, grown, become.

_Weal_, happiness, good-fortune.

_Wedge-array_, an arrangement of fighting men in which they stood
close together in the form of a triangle.

_Weed_, dress.

_Well up_, to rise as a spring bubbles out of the ground; used of
feelings with the meaning "to arise and grow strong," e.g. "Wrath in
his heart wells up."

_Welter_, the toss and ripple of the sea-waves.

_Wend_, to go.

_Whetted_, stirred up, made sharp or eager, e.g. "the whetted
Wrath."

_Whileome_, in the past, once upon a time.

_Whiles_, from time to time.

_Whit_, a very small particle, a trifle, e.g. never a whit, no whit.

_Wight_, a man, a creature, e.g. sea-wights, great sea-monsters.

_Wise_, way, manner, after the fashion of.

_Witch-wife_, witch. Wife here means woman.

_Wold_, a hill; often used to mean open country.

_Wood-craft_, knowledge of the woods and of all creatures in them,
e.g. "His wood-craft waxed so great, that he seemed the king of the
creatures."

_Wot_, to know.

_Wrack_, strife, destruction, ruins. _Wrack of a mighty battle_, the
dead left on the field.

_Wrights_, workmen, makers.

_Writhen_, bent, twisted out of shape, e.g. "Writhen and foul were
the hands that made it glorious."

_Written spear_, a spear carved with letters or words.

_Yearn_, to long, to feel tenderness towards, e.g. "My heart to him
doth yearn."

_Yore_, long ago; generally used in the expression "of yore,"
formerly, once upon a time.

LONGMANS' CLASS-BOOKS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

Each Volume contains an Introduction and Notes.

Alcott's Little Women.

Allen's Heroes of Indian History and Stories of their Times. With Maps
and Illustrations.

Anderson's English Letters selected for Reading in Schools.

Arnold's Sohrab