Wencel

n. A child:--Gif his hláford him wíf sylle and hig suna hæbbon and dohtra, ðæt wíf and hire winclo (liberi) beóð ðæs hláfordes. Gif se wiel cwið: 'Mé ys mín hláford leóf and mín wíf and míne winclo,' Ex. 21, 4, 5. Se eorðlíca kempa bið ǽfre gearo, swá hwyder swá hé faran sceal tó gefeohte mid ðam kininge, and hé for his wífe ne for his wenclum ne dearr hine sylfne beládian, Basil adm. 2; Norm. 34, 20. Weodewum (and) wencelum hé wel onféhð pupillum et viduam suscipiet, Ps. Th. 145, 8. [Ȝuw iss borenn an wennchell þatt iss Iesu Crist, Orm. 3356. Men and wummen and children ( were and wif and wenchel), A. R. 334, 25. Quelæn þa wifmen, quelen þa wanclen, Laym. 31834. The later form is wenche, e. g. Wicklif, Mt. 9, 24.] wencel