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wág

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wág, (<b>-h</b>), wǽg, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§119;
A wall, mostly of a building
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  • Wáh

    paries,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 8: 290, 7: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Zup. 52, 12.

  • Ǽlces húses wáh biþ fæst ǽgþer ge on ðære flóre ge on ðæm hrófe,

      Bt. 36, 7; Fox 184, 12.

  • Him ne wiðstent nán ðing, náðer ne stǽnen weall ne brýden wáh (a

    wattled wall; cf. wága cratium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 55, and next passage; and v. bréden), Homl. Th. i. 288, 4. Graticium wág flecta (cf. flecta

    hyrdel,
      149, 43), Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 15.

  • Wág,

      Exon. Th. 476, 18; Ruin. 9.

  • Ǽlc wág (

    paries

    ) bið gebiéged twiefeald on ðæm heale,
      Past. 35; Swt. 245, 13.
  • 'Ðurhðyrela ðone wág (wáh, Cott. MSS.). Ðá ic ðáá Ealle ða hearga wǽron átiéfrede on ðæm wǽge' . . . Hwæt is sió ðyrelung ðæs wáges? 21 ; Swt. 153, 17-25.

  • On áne studu ðæs wáges (

    the wall of the hall), Bd. 3, 10; S. 534, 29 : (the wall of a church ),

      Blickl. Homl. 207, 16.

  • Seó wræþstudu ðam wáge (

    the wall of the church

    ) tó wræþe geseted wæs,
      Bd. 1, 17; S. 544, 24, 32.

  • Hé wende hine tó wáge (

    the wall of the chamber

    ),
      Homl. Th. i. 414, 19.

  • On ðínre healle wáge, ii. 436, 10 : Cd. Th. 261,

      8; Dan. 723 : Andr. Kmbl. 1428; An. 714: Beo. Th. 3328; B. 1662.

  • Wǽge,

      Exon. Th. 394, 17; Rä. 14, 4.

  • Hé slóg mid his heáfde on ðone wág, ðonne hé on his setl sæt,

      Ors. 5, 15; Swt. 250, 12.

  • Wáh,

      Ps. Th. 61, 3.

  • Ða wágas (

    the walls of a church) nǽron rihte, Blickl. Homl. 207, 18 : (the walls of a palace ),

      Nar. 4, 24.

  • Ne mé ne lyst mid glase geworhtra wága,

      Bt. 5, l ; Fox 10, 17.

  • Ne beó wé tó weallum oððe tó wágum geworhte on ðære gástlícan gebytlunge,

      Homl. Th. ii. 582, 14.

  • Web æfter wágum,

      Beo. Th. 1994; B. 995.

  • Ðæt cyricgrið stande ǽghwǽr binnan wágum,

      L. I. P. 25 : Th. ii. 338, 35.

  • On wágum ðæra húsa ðe wið dúna standaþ,

      Lchdm. i. 124, 16.

  • Wið wágas,

      116, 21.

  • Hí heora heáfdu slogan on ða wágas,

      Blickl. Homl. 151, 5 : Homl. Th. i. 106, 14.
Etymology
[Wahes, O. E. Homl. i. 247, 17. Þare halle wah, Laym. 25887. Waȝes (walls of temples), wowes (2nd MS.), 10182. Wah (wach) oðer wal, A. R. 104, 5. Wiðinnen þe uour woawes, 172, 21. Fra wah to waȝhe, Orm. 1015. Tweȝȝenn waȝhess, 6825. Wowes, O. and N. 1528. Woȝ, Ayenb. 72. Woughe, Wyck. Ps. 61, 4, Wowes, Piers P. 3, 61. O. Frs. wách: Goth. waddjus: Icel. veggr.]
Similar entries
v. cyric-, grund-, súþ-wág (-wǽg).
Linked entries
v.  wǽg wáh.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wág.” 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/34576.

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