wæs

See also: wäs and wäs-

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *was.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /wæs/

    Verb

    wæs

    1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of bēon
    2. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of wesan

    Quotations

    • 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.

    Descendants

    • Middle English: was
      • English: was
      • Scots: was, wis
      • Yola: waas, was, waz, 'as, as (after Ich)
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