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waefer-sín

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
waefer-sín, -sién, -sýn, -seón, e; f.
A sight, show, spectacle
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  • Wæfersýn

    spectaculum,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 44.

  • Ðæt ic him wæfersýn wǽre

    factus sum illis in parabolam,

    • Ps. Th. 68, 11.

  • Ond swá micel wundor and wæfersién wæs mínes weoredes on fægernisse

    fuitque inter uarietates spectaculorum in conspiciendo talem exercitum,

    • Nar. 7, 18.

  • Wæferséne

    spectaculi,

    • Hpt. Gl. 508, 28.

  • Wæfersýne,

    • 487, 47,

  • Wæferséne

    spectaculo,

    • 412, 1.

  • Mid wundurfulre wæferséne

    stupendo spectaculo,

    • 470, 76.

  • Wæfersýne,

    • Bd. 3, 3
      • ;
    • S. 525, 38: 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 628, 8.

  • Hé bebeád his folce ðæt hí tó ðyssere wæfersýne (a man trying to fly) cómon,

    • Homl. Th. i. 380, 15.

  • Eall wered ðe æt ðisse wæfersýnne wǽron,

    • Lk. Skt. 23, 48.

  • On wæferséne (v. wæferness)

    per publicum,

    • Hpt. Gl. 510, 12.

  • Hí woldon ða gymstánas tócwýsan on ealles ðæs folces gesihðe tó wæfersýne,

    • Homl. Th. i. 60, 25: 542, 32.

  • Hí mé geworhton him tó wæfersýne,

    • Rood Kmbl. 61; Kr. 31.

  • Wé for úrum synnum tó swylcere wæfersýne synd,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 158.

  • Wæferséne

    spectaculum,

    • Hpt. Gl. 435, 49: 501, 46.

  • Se dæg mé ætýwde swíðe micele wæfersýne,

    • Shrn. 41, 15.

  • Tó ðissum wæferseónum,

    • Blickl. Homl. 187, 15.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. wabar-siuni spectaculum
.]
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v.  wlite-seón.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “waefer-sín.” 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/34245.

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