wesan
- verb [ stronganomalous ]
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Wesan and beón
fore,
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 61.
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Wesendum, beóndum
existentibus,
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 63.
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Wesaþ and weaxaþ ealle werþeóde, lifgaþ bi ðám lissum ðe ús Dryhten sette,
- Exon. Th. 192, 30; Az. 113.
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On frymðe wæs word,
- Jn. Skt. 1, 1.
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God ðe ǽr worulde wæs,
- Ps. Th. 54, 19.
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Ða hwíle ðe hé wæs
while he lived,
- Chart. Th. 167, 9.
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Manige hálge wítgan wǽran ǽr Sancte Ióhanne,
- Blickl. Homl. 161, 12.
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Ðæt hé his móste brúcan, ða hwíle ðe hé wǽre,
- Chart. Th. 140, 30.
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Swaðer uncer leng wǽre (cf. swaðer uncer leng lifede, 38),
- 485, 29.
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Swilce hé áwár wǽre, ǽr ðan ðe hé geboren wǽre, ac . . . him betere wǽre, ðæt hé nǽfre nǽre, ðonne hé yfele wǽre,
- Homl. Th. ii. 244, 19.
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Ne mæg ic hér leng wesan,
- Beo. Th. 5595; B. 2801.
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Hé bið á wesende,
- Blickl. Homl. 19, 26.
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Him is eall andweard, ge ðætte ǽr wæs, ge ðætte nú is, ge ðætte æfter ús bið,
- Bt. 42; Fox 256, 28.
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Ǽr woruld wǽre,
- Ps. Th. 73, 12.
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Seó þrág gewát, swá heó nó wǽre,
- Exon. Th. 292, 9; Wand. 96.
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Hé him tó frófre lét forð wesan hyrstedne hróf,
- Cd. Th. 58, 33; Gen. 955.
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Wæs ðara manna . . . endleofan síþum hund teóntig þúsenda,
- Blickl. Homl. 79, 17.
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Wǽron monge, ða ðe Meotude gehýrdun,
- Exon. Th. 228, 24; Ph. 443.
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Ðá wǽron monige ðe his mǽg wriðon,
- Beo. Th. 5956; B. 2982.
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Him þúhte ðæt ðanon wǽre tó helle duru hund þúsenda míla,
- Cd. Th. 310, 7; Sat. 722.
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On ðære gesihðe wesaþ ealle geleáffulle,
- Blickl. Homl. 13, 28.
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Ic wæs (
I have been
) sixtýne síðum on sǽbáte,- Andr. Kmbl. 977; An. 489.
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Ic ongiten hæbbe ðæt ðú on faroðstrǽte feor ne wǽre,
- 1796; An. 900.
- Wǽre ðú mid ðínum fæder? Blickl. Homl. 151, 26.
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Wóp wæs wíde,
- Cd. Th. 180, 8; Exod. 42.
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Ðæt hé léte hyne licgean, ðǽr hé longe wæs,
- Beo. Th. 6157; B. 3082.
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Ðæt word wæs mid Gode,
- Jn. Skt. 1, 1.
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Heó wæs mid twám werum
she lived with two husbands,
- Homl. Skt. i. 20, 3.
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Ðonne wæs hé mid his ágnum cynne,
- Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 10.
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Wé mid englum uppe wǽron,
- Cd. Th. 289, 2; Sat. 391.
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Ða ðe ðǽr ǽr inne wǽron,
- Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 35.
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Ða ðe him on neáweste wǽron,
- Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 2.
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Ðǽr manna wese mǽst ætgædere,
- Ps. Th. 78, 10.
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Wese ús beorhtnes ofer,
- 89, 19.
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Wesan hí wið Drihtne,
- 108, 19.
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Wǽre ðǽr hé wǽre,
- Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 9, 10: Elen. Kmbl. 317; El. 159.
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Gelimplíc wæs ðæt ða ætgædere wǽron on écre stówe,
- Blickl. Homl. 133, 24.
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Ðæt hié ongieton mín mægen on ðé wesan,
- 241, 15.
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Ðara cynna monige hé wiste on Germanie wesan,
- Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 14.
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Ne mæg hé be ðý wedre wesan
he cannot stop in the open air,
- Exon. Th. 340, 18; Gn. Ex. 113.
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Gód is ús hér tó wossanne,
- Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 17, 4: Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 5.
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Wosanne (wosane,
- Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 9, 33: Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 5.
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Ðá wǽron wit twégen on ánum olfende þurh ðæt rúme wésten, and wit unc simble ondrédon hwonne wit sceoldon feallan of ðam olfende,
- Shrn. 38, 14.
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Hí wǽron heom tó Lundene weard,
- Chr. 1052; Erl. 185, 4.
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Ne wosas gé swǽ légeras,
- Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 5.
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Him betere wǽre ðæt hé nǽfre nǽre, ðonne hé yfele wǽre,
- Homl. Th. ii. 244, 21.
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Ðonne gé fæston, nellon gé wesan (wosa,
- Lind.) swylce leáse líceteras, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 16. (v. III c.)
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Se hálga heáp wæs sprecende mid eallum gereordum; and eác, ðæt wunderlícor wæs, ðá ðá heora án bodade mid ánre sprǽce, ǽlcum wæs geþúht, ðe ða bodunge gehýrde, swilce hé sprǽce mid his gereorde,
- Homl. Th. i. 318, 26.
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Wese swá,
- Ps. Th. 71, 20: 88, 45.
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Lǽtaþ ðis ðus wesan,
- Blickl. Homl. 69, 17: 75, 31.
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On ðǽm dagum wæs ðæt Liber Pater oferwan Indéa ðeóde,
- Ors. 1, 6; Swt. 36, 17.
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On ðære tíde wæs sió ofermycelo hǽto,
- 1, 7; Swt. 40, 3.
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On ðæm geáre ðe ðiss wæs,
- 2, 1; Swt. 60, 17: Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 19.
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Git ðæt wæs, ðæt hé tó cyninges simbla gelaþod wǽre,
- Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 2: Blickl. Homl. 11, 23: Wulfst. 9, 11: 12, 14.
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Hwæt wille gé nú hwæt ic hire doo? . . . Wese hit nú be eówrum dómum,
- Blickl. Homl. 157, 7.
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Ðý læs ðæt wǽre, ðæt hé ǽnig ðara góda forylde,
- 213, 23.
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Tó wosanne onginnaþ
fieri incipient,
- Lk. Skt. Lind. 21, 7.
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Se hálga gebæd for ðæt seóce cyld, and him wæs sóna bet (
it was better with him at once, i. e. he was better ),
- Homl. Skt. i. 3, 311.
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Námon tó rǽde, ðæt him wærlícor wǽre, ðæt hí sumne dǽl heora landes wurðes æthæfdon
they resolved that keeping back part of the price of the land would turn out more safely for them,
- Homl. Th. i. 316, 24.
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Hé ðóhte hine him tó yrfewearde gedón. Ac ðæt hwæþere swá wesan ne mihte,
- Bd. 5, 19 ; S. 638, 23.
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Him wæs beorht wela,
- Cd. Th. 96, 32 ; Gen. 1603 : 216, 20; Dan. 9.
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Ðam wæs Crist nama,
- Andr. Kmbl. 2646; An. 1324.
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Ne him wese ǽnig fultum,
- Ps. Th. 108, 12.
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Wesan him dagas deorce and feáwe,
- 108, 8.
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Ðæt ðám gengum gád ne wǽre wiste ne wǽde,
- Cd. Th. 222, 10; Dan. 102.
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Ðá frægn hé hine hwæt him wǽre,
- Bd. 4, 25 ; S. 600, 32.
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God wæs ðæt word,
- Jn. Skt. 1 , 1.
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Ðæt wæs gód cyning,
- Beo. Th. 22; B. 11.
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Wæs hira Matheus sum,
- Andr. Kmbl. 22 ; An. 11.
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Ðæt mon mæg gesión ðæt hí gió men wǽron,
- Bt. 37, 3 ; Fox 192, 3.
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Wes ús freónd,
- Cd. Th. 165, 1; Gen. 2725.
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Ic mæg wesan god,
- 18, 35; Gen. 283.
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Se ðe wæs leorningcniht on háde ongann wesan láreów on martyrdóme,
- Homl. Th. i. 50, 6.
- Hwæt wile ðis wesan ? Blickl. Homl. 239, 29.
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Sǽde hé ðæt hé hine cniht wesende gesáwe
quod fanum se in pueritia vidisse testabatur
,- Bd. 2, 15 ; S. 518, 36 : Exon. Th. 320, 34; Víd. 39.
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On ðæm cniht wesendum ðá ðis hǽlo wundur geworden wæs
in quo tunc puero factum erat hoc miraculum sanitatis
,- Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 17.
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Umbor wesendum,
- Beo. Th. 2378 ; B. 1187.
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Ic hine cúðe cniht wesende,
- 750; B. 372.
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Hé edgeong weseþ,
- Exon. Th. 224, 10 ; Ph. 373.
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Ðú ðé wǽre reód, and ic mé wæs blác; ðú wǽre glæd, and ic mé wæs unrót,
- L. E. I. proem. ; Th. ii. 398, 14.
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Se beág wæs of þornum geworht,
- Exon. Th. 88, 27; Cri. 1446.
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Þeód wæs oflysted,
- Andr. Kmbl. 2226; An. 1115.
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Cyning wæs áfyrhted,
- Elen. Kmbl. 112 ; El. 56.
- Ðá wæs gesýne ðæt sige forgeaf cyning ælmihtig, 287 ; El. 144.
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Wes ðú behýdig and gemyndig,
- Blickl. Homl. 67, 32.
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Hál wæs ðú
aue
,- Mt. Kmbl. 27, 30.
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Hál westú,
- Blickl. Homl. 143, 17.
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Westú gearo,
- Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 44.
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Hále wese gé (wosaþ gié, Lind.)
auete
,- Mt. Kmbl. 28, 9.
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Wesaþ hále
valete
,- Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 61.
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Wesaþ þancfulle,
- Blickl. Homl. 169, 16.
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Wísfæsto wossaþ gié
perfecti estote
,- Rtl. 13, 19.
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Wese hé hrægle gelíc,
- Ps. Th. 108, 19.
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Hit næs geséne hweðer hé seóc wǽre (
had been
),- Homl. Skt. i. 6, 259.
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Ðæt Adam leng ána wǽre. Cd. Th. 11,
- 5; Gen. 170.
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Ofermód wesan,
- 17, 20; Gen. 262.
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Uossa oestig
esse devota
,- Rtl. 15, 21.
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Giscroepo uossa
aptas fieri
,- 117, 14: ¶ used impersonally :-- Ðá
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Settan mé ðǽr mé unswǽsost wæs
posuerunt me in abominationem sibi
,- Ps. Th. 87, 8.
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Ðǽr him leófost wæs,
- Byrht. Th. 132, 29; By. 23.
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Swá him gemédost wæs,
- Andr. Kmbl. 1188; An. 594. (In
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Ðá sóna wæs Eþelwald ðæs wordes, ðæt hé nó ðes rihtes wiðsacan wolde,
- Chart. Th. 140, 10.
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Wæs seó eorla gedriht ánes módes,
- Cd. Th. 197, 10; Exod. 304.
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His þegnas wǽron flǽsclíces módes,
- Blickl. Homl. 17, 5.
- III b. with prepositional phrases,
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Ic wæs mid weorþmende on neorxna wange, and ic ðæt ne ongeat,
- Blickl. Homl. 89, 8.
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Ðá wæs cyning on hreón móde,
- Beo. Th. 2617 ; B. 1307.
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Sóna wæs hé on sunde,
- 3240; B. 1618.
- Ðú on sǽlum wes, 2345 ; B. 1170.
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Wesan him on wynne, Cd. Th. 23, 29 ; Gen. 367. ¶ used impersonally :-- Ðá wæs ofer midde niht, ðæt hé frægn
cum jam mediae noctis tempus esset transcensum, interrogavit,
- Bd. 4, 24 ; S. 598, 35.
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Ne wæs ðæt tó wundrianne,
- Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 17.
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Hwæt him be ðam tó dónne wǽre,
- Homl. Th. i. 502, 24: 506, 24.
- III c. with a clause :-- Héé
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Swá ic him secgende wæs,
- Andr. Kmbl. 1898; An. 951.
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On ǽfenne ðære nihte ðe hé of worulde gangende wæs
nocte qua de saeculo erat exiturus
,- Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 30.
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Wæs se engel sprecende,
- Blickl. Homl. 5, 2.
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Hé wæs Drihtne fylgende,
- 15, 28 : Beo. Th. 321 ; B. 159.
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Hé in byrgenne bídende wæs,
- Elen. Kmbl. 966 ; El. 484.
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Se hálga wer hergende wæs Metodes miltse,
- Cd. Th. 237, 8; Dan. 334.
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Hí ðǽr stondende wǽron,
- Blickl. Homl. 11, 23.
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Hí on ðæt folc winnende wǽron,
- Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 6: 44, 19.
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Woeron (wérun, Rush.) sprecende
erant loquentes,
- Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 4.
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Hwæðer sincende sǽflód ðá gyt wǽre,
- Cd. Th. 86, 29; Gen. 1438.
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Wríðende sceal mǽgðe ðínre monrím wesan,
- 105, 33; Gen. 1763.
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Ðonne wesaþ ðíne handa sóna geedneówode, and beóþ swá hié ǽr wǽron,
- Blickl. Homl. 153, 11.
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Wǽr ðú gewurðod,
- Cd. Th. 127, 7; Gen. 2107.
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Hwǽr áhangen wæs rodera Waldend,
- Elen. Kmbl. 409 ; El. 205.
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Ðeós geofu on heora heortan álegd wes,
- Blickl. Homl. 137, 4.
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Ealle þing wǽron geworhte (
facta sunt
) ðurh hyne, and nán þing næs geworht bútan him,- Jn. Skt. 1, 3.
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Ða ðe ðurh geleáfan gehǽlede wǽron
qui credendo salvati sunt,
- Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 20.
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Wesaþ gé fram Gode gebletsade
benedicti vos a Domino
,- Ps. Th. 113, 23.
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Ðæt ic wese gelǽded
quis deducet me?
- 107, 9.
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Wese heora beód wended on grine
fiat mensa eorum in laqueum
,- 68, 23.
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Wesan ealle gedréfde
turbabuntur
,- 67, 5.
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Ne wesen hí mid sóðfæstum áwritene
cum justis non scribantur
,- 68, 29.
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Ðæt wǽron álýsede leófe ðíne
ut liberentur dilecti tui
,- 59, 4.
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Se magorinc sceal wesan Ismahél háten,
- Cd. Th. 138, 3; Gen. 2286.
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Forgifen weosan,
- Bd. 4, 22; M. 330, 16: 4, 23; M. 340, 15.
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Ðú wǽre geworden . . . cild ácenned,
- Exon. Th. 14, 8; Cri. 216.
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Ðá wæs ðæs folces fela on án fæsten óþflogen (
confugerant
),- Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 206, 12.
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Ðá wæs forð cumen geóc æfter gyrne,
- Andr. Kmbl. 3167 ; An. 1586.
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Ðá wæs first ágán,
- 293; An. 147: Elen. Kmbl. 1; El. 1.
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Ðá wæs geworden ðæt . . . ,
- Blickl. Homl. 15, 15.
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Giwédo his giwordne wérun scínende,
- Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 3.
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Gif ic ðæs sægde, ðæt mín sylfes fót ásliden wǽre
si dícebam: " Motus est pes meus, "
- Ps. Th. 93, 17.
Bosworth, Joseph. “wesan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/35422.
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