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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.