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Wei This is connected with the  root wī̆g, ‘to fight,’ mentioned under the preceding word.  ,, ‘kite,’ from the   wîe,  wîe (wîjo), ; a specifically  word (  wouw?), Connected with the root wī̆, ‘to chase,’ mentioned under  (2)?. In that case would mean  ‘hunter, sportsman.’  ,, ‘to consecrate, dedicate,’ from and  wîhen (from *wîhjan),  , ‘to sanctify’; a derivative of the   wîho-, ‘sacred, holy’;   wîch ( wîher),  and  wîh,  weihs. The has also been preserved in, from  wîhen-nahten, which is properly a fusion of  ze wîhen nahten. (which see) has preserved in this compound of the heathen period the meaning ‘day’ (the old Teutons celebrated their winter feast from December 26 to January 6); among the Anglo-Saxons Beda transmitted the term môdra niht, ‘the mothers' nights.’ For the adoption of the old word in the service of Christianity,  (also ?). Moreover, Yule preserves another  designation of the same festival;   giuli (*gŷle),  jiuleis ( ýler), ‘January,’  jól,  geól, ‘Christmas.’  ,, ‘incense,’ from wîchrouch (wîhrouch),  wîhrouh, ,  ‘holy perfume.’  has no connection with these words.   ,, ‘fish-pond,’ from the  wîwer, wîwœre,  wîwâri, wîâri,  ( also ‘stable’); corresponding to  wîweri. Borrowed in the pre-, probably in the Roman period, from vîvârium, ‘park, preserve, fish-pond’; corresponding to  vivier ( vijver),  vivajo, ‘fish-pond.’  also.  ,, ‘because,’ from late (rare) wîle; in classical  die wîle, , ‘so long as, during, while, since, because’ (hence  );  dia wîla unz, ‘so long as’; properly  of. — ,, ‘formerly, of yore,’ from the  wîlent, wîlen; the t form is a recent extension of the earlier word ( wijlen). Based on hwîlôm, ‘at times,’   of ,, ‘while, space of time, leisure.’ The latter is based on  wîle,  wîla (hwîl), , ‘time, period of time, hour’; corresponding to   hwîl, hwîla, ‘time,’  wîjl,  while,  hweila, ‘time.’ The verb , ‘to stay, tarry, sojourn,’ from  and  wîlē̆n, ‘to stop, stay, sojourn,’ in connection with  hvíla, ‘bed,’ hvíld, ‘rest,’ suggests that  meant  ‘resting time.’ It has been compared with the  root qui (quiê), ‘to rest’ in quietus, tranquillus, as well as with  počiti, ‘to rest’;  καιρός, ‘point of time,’ is perhaps cognate.  ,, ‘village, hamlet,’ from wîler, , ‘small farm, hamlet.’  wîlâri occurs only as the second component in compound names of places (e.g., Brûwîlâri,  to ). vîllâre, ‘farm’ ( villier), was adopted in local names, just like villa ( -wíla, e.g., in Rotwíla,  to );   ville, ‘town.’ The word seems to have been borrowed contemporaneously with.   ,, ‘wine,’ from the  and  wîn, ; corresponding to  wîn,  and ,  wijn, ,  wîn,  wine, and the   wein,. There is no phonological evidence to show that the word was borrowed. The assumption that it was adopted from vînum ( to  wein, ), or rather from Low  vînus,  ( to  wîn, ), is probable from the accounts of ancient writers. The period of adoption was perhaps the first B.C., hence the early diffusion among the  dialects. An earlier connection of the with the  word is improbable ( v  to  w in old loanwords; , , , with  and ). With regard to the Southern culture of the vine, the following words borrowed from  —  (also ),, , , , , , and. Note, too, Swiss wümmen, windemôn (older *wintimmôd),  to  vindêmiare; Swiss, from  windemôd, *wintimmôd,  to  vindêmiae (whence also the   fínime, ‘vintage,’ also fín, ‘wine’).  ,, ‘to weep, cry,’ from the  weinen,  weinôn;   weenen,  wânian,  veina, ‘to weep.’ Probably a derivative of the   wai (see ); hence ,  ‘to lament’ (the origin of the word would be similar to that of ). It is also possible that qainôn, ‘to weep, is based in the other dialects on wai, ‘woe.’