Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

wang

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
wang, es; m.: wange, wænge, wenge, an; n.
A cheek, side of the face
Show examples
    Ðæt wange wið ða ceócan ufan mandibula,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 3.
    Ðæs wonges locfeax cesaries, 22, 57. Smire ðæt hále wonge mid, Lchdm. ii. 338, 9. Bind on ðæt wænge, 20, 10. Smyre ðæt wenge, 20, 18. Gif hwá ðé sleá on dín swýðre wenge (gewenge, v. l. , wonge ł céke, Rush.) si quis te percusserit in dextera maxilla tua, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 39. Benedictus slóh ðone munuc under ðæt wencge mid anre handa, Homl. Th. ii. 180, 10. T him ða wongan briceþ, Salm. Kmbl. 192 ; Sal. 95. Ic ða wangas mid teárum ofergeát, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 556.
Etymology
[Wete weorén his wongen, Laym. 30268. I wette my wonges, Jos. 647. O. Sax. O. L. Ger. O. H. Ger. wanga ; wt. n. maxilla: Icel. vangi; wk. m.]
Similar entries
v. þun-wang, -wange, -wenge, ge-wenge.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • wang, n.