wæter-þísa
- noun [ masculine ]
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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.
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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.
Bosworth, Joseph. “wæter-þísa.” 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/34544.
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