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wesan, I a.
Wright's OE grammar
§52; §54; §80; §94; §194; §263; §267; §279; §306; §307; §474; §505; §548; §616;
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  • Ic sælf þæt ierfæ tó gestríndæ þæt þǽr mon siððan bí wæs (

    unde interim pauperes vixerunt),

      Cht. Th. 162, 31.
  • Cf. bí-wist.
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  • Bégen þá consulas wǽron mid firde angeán Hannibal,

      Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 30.

  • Mǽst ealle . . . wǽron wið þæs fýres weard . . . Hió wǽron flocmǽlum þiderweard,

      4, 10; S. 200, 16-19.
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  • Hé in þá ylcan tíd híwcúðlíce mid him waes

    ei ipso in tempore familiarissimus fuit,

      Gr. D. 14, 10.
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  • Wæs hyre willa mǽrlícor,

      Hml. A. 32, igp. Hý
    wiston hú hit þǽr besúðan wæs, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 18.

  • Hit wæs hwílum on Engla lagum ꝥ leód and lagu fór be geþincðum,

      Ll. Th. i. 190, ii.
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  • Him wæs bet sóna,

      Hml. S. 31, 571.

  • Hwæt wæs þám men?

    quid profuit?,

      Gr. D. 326, 18.
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  • Sé wǽre wierðe ealra Rómána onwaldes . . . búton ꝥ hé wiþ his hláford won,

      Ors. 6, 35; S. 292, 15.
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  • Nán óþer ne móste gyldenne hring werian, búton hé æþeles cynnes wǽre, Ors. 4, 9 ; S. 190, 10. III b. add :-- Nán man of þǽre wíc þe hí of wǽron, Hml. S. 31, 1016. Ill c. add :-- Hé wæs swelce Rómáne þá wyrþe wǽron, Ors. 6, 3; S. 256, 23. v. swilce; III. IV 2 b.

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    :-- Se consul wæs on Sicilium mid firde gefaren,
      Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 29.
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v. æt-, frum-wesende.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wesan.” 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/60454.

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