wæs
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
wæs
- first/third-person singular preterite indicative of bēon
- first/third-person singular preterite indicative of wesan
Quotations[edit]
- c. 800, Ruthwell Cross:
- ᛣᚱᛁᛋᛏᚹᚫᛋᚩᚾᚱᚩᛞᛁᚻᚹᛖᚦᚱᚫᚦᛖᚱᚠᚢᛋᚫᚠᛠᚱᚱᚪᚾᛣᚹᚩᛗᚢᚫᚦᚦᛁᛚᚫᛏᛁᛚᚪᚾᚢᛗ
- Krist wæs on rōdi, hweþræ þēr fūsæ fearran kwōmu æþþilæ til ānum.
- Christ was on the cross, yet there in haste from afar came noble men unto him.