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wæter-þísa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wæter-þísa, (?), an; m.
A water-rusher, what rushes through the water, applied to a ship and to the whale
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  • Hé wǽghengest wræc, wæterþísa (-þiswa, MS.,

    but the w is marked for erasure )

    fór snel,
      Exon. Th. 182, 1; Gú. 1303.
  • Hé (

    the whale

    ) hafaþ óþre gecynd, wæterþísa wlonc,
      363, 7; Wal. 50.
  • [Cf. Icel. þeysa to rush, storm; þeysir a rusher, stormer.] Cf. mere-þyssa.
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  • wæter-þísa, n.