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wǽg

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wǽg, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§119; §275; §320; §387; §562;
movement, cf.
Goth. wégs motus (in mari)
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  • Ðú his ýþum miht ána gesteóran, ðonne hí on wǽge wind onhréreþ

    motum fluctuum ejus tu mitigas,

      Ps. Th. 88, 8.
a wave, water, the wave, sea
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  • Fámig winneþ wǽg wið wealle,

      Exon. Th. 383, 33; Rä. 4, 20.

  • Wídfæðme wǽg,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1065; An. 533.

  • Þurh wǽges wylm,

      Exon. Th. 283, 14; Jul. 680: Elen. Kmbl. 459; El. 230.

  • Wǽges weard,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1263; An. 632.

  • Wéges weard,

      1201; An. 601.

  • Ýð wið lande winneþ, wind wið wǽge,

      Met. 28, 58.

  • Staþelas wið wǽge, wætre windendum,

      Exon. Th. 61, 8; Cri. 981: 351, 23; Sch. 84.

  • Oft ic (

    an anchor

    ) sceal wiþ wǽge winnan and wiþ winde feohtan,
      398, 1; Rä. 17, 1.

  • Mec upp áhóf wind of wǽge,

      392, 19; Rä. 11, 10: 405, 10; Rä. 23, 21.

  • Wiht (

    an ice-floe

    ) cwom æfter wége líþan,
      415, 22; Rä. 34, 1.

  • Feówertýne gewiton mid ðý wǽge in forwyrd sceacan,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3186; An. 1596: Cd. Th. 206, 25; Exod. 457.

  • Wonnan wǽge

    with the dark wave,

      83, 13; Gen. 1379.

  • Wǽg

    aquam,

      Hpt. Gl. 418, 28.

  • Hié scufon wyrm ofer weallclif, léton wǽg niman, flód fæðmian frætwa hyrde,

      Beo. Th. 6256; B. 3132.

  • Sum fealone wǽg stefnan steóreþ, streámráde con,

      Exon. Th. 296, 19; Crä. 53.

  • On sealtne wǽg,

      361, 30; Wal. 27: Cd. Th. 236, 19; Dan. 323.

  • Gewát se fugel earce sécan ofer wonne wǽg,

      88, 8; Gen. 1462.

  • Windas weóxon, wǽgas grundon,

      Andr. Kmbl. 746; An. 373: 911; An. 456: 3088; An. 1547.

  • Hreó wǽgas, salte sǽstreámas,

      1496; An. 749.

  • Wonne wǽgas,

      Cd. Th. 8, 4; Gen. 119.

  • Wið ýðfare gehealden hreóra wǽga,

      Exon. Th. 200, 24; Ph. 45.

  • Wræclíce syndon wǽgea gangas, ðonne sǽstreámas swíðust flówaþ

    mirabiles elationes maris,

      Ps. Th. 92, 5.

  • Wága

    gurgites,

      Hpt. Gl. 464, 76.

  • Féran ofer wéga gewinn,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1863; An. 934.

  • Ealle ða ðe onhréraþ hreó wǽgas on ðam brádan brime,

      Exon. Th. 194, 19; Az. 141.

  • Wadan ofer wǽgas,

      350, 9; Sch. 61.

  • Flód, fealewe wǽgas,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3177; An. 1591.

  • Fealwe wégas (wegas?),

      Exon. Th. 289, 11; Wand. 46.
Etymology
[Goth. wégs a wave: O. Sax. wág: O. Frs. wég: O. H. Ger. wág liquor, gurges, vorago, pontus, aequor, lacus, fretum: Icel. vágr a wave, sea.]
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v. fífel-, módig-, sǽ-wǽg.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wǽg.” 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/34252.

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