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Ventus.—Womb ; 0.E., wamb ; G., wampe, wanst. 
Ventus.—Wind (English and German); Gothic, vinds ; weather ; O.E., 
weder ; G., wetter. 
Verbum.—W ord (same in O.E.); G., wort ; Gothic, vaurd. 
Vereor.—Ware, ward ; O.E., waer, waerd ; G., warten ; Gothic, vars. 
Vermis.—Worm ; O.E., wyrm ; G., wurm ; Gothic, vawrms. 
Verna (=vesna).—O.E., wist (food). 
Verto.—Our suffix ward ; O.E., weard (towards) ; G., warts ; worth (to 
become), from O.E., weortan ; G., werden. 
Vespa.—Wasp ; O.E., waesp or waeps ; G., wespe. 
Vesper.—West (English and German), from vas (to dwell) ; Sanscrit, 
vaste (house). The west was supposed to be the sun’s dwelling place at 
night. 
Veterina.—Wether (a yearling) ; G., widder. 
Via (=vegia).—Way ; O.E., weg ; G., weg ; Gothic, vegs. 
Vibro.— Waive (from Scandinavian). 
Vicis.—Weak ; O.E., wician ; G., weichen, wechsel. 
Vicus.—Wich, wick, as in Greenwich, Alnwick ; O0.E., wie (dwelling). 
Video.—Wit ; O.E., witan (know); G., wissen. 
Viduus.—Widow ; 0.E., widwe, widuwe; G., wittwe ; Gothic, viduvo. 
Vieo, vitis.—Withe ; O.E., withig (willow) ; G., weide. 
Vigeo.—Wake, watch ; O.E., wacan ; G., wachen. 
Vincio.—To wind ; O.E., windan ; G., winden. 
Vinum.—Wine ; O.E., win ; G., wein (these English and German words 
were derived from the Latin through the Gothic). 
Vir.—O.E., wer (man); G., herr; Gothic, vair. The Anglo-Saxons 
called the devil wer-wolf (man-wolf). 
Vivo (=gvivo).—Quick ; O.E., cwic (living, active) ; Gothic, quivs. 
Volo.—Will; O.E., willan ; G., wollen 
Volvo.—Walk ; 0.E., wealcan; G., wilzen; wallow—O.E , wealwian. 
Ist May, 1891. 
Rev. Winiuiam ANpson in the Chair. 
New Members.—Miss Babington, Meadowbank, and Mr Harold 
Masterton. 
Donations.—The Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of 
Scotland, 1889-90 ? the Smithsonian Report, 1888 ; the Report of 
the United States National Museum, 1889-90. 
Ea«hibit.—The Secretary (Dr E. J. Chinnock) exhibited a fac 
sumile of part of the newly-discovered papyrus containing the 
lost work of Aristotle on the ‘ Constitution of Athens,” and read 
a paper descriptive of the papyrus. 
