wase
English
Etymology
From Middle English wase (“torch”), related to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wase (“bundle of straw, torch”), Danish vase (“wisp of straw, bundle”), Swedish vase (“a sheaf”).
Noun
wase (plural wases)
- (Britain, dialectal) A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for wase in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Awes, awes, sawe, waes
Old English
Alternative forms
- ƿāse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *waisǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow”). Akin to Old Saxon wāso (“mud, wet ground, mire”), Old Norse veisa (“stagnant pond, stagnant water”), Old English wōs (“moisture; juice, sap”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɑːze/
Noun
wāse f
- soft mud; mire
- marsh
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wāse | wāsan |
| accusative | wāsan | wāsan |
| genitive | wāsan | wāsena |
| dative | wāsan | wāsum |
Descendants
- English: ooze
Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *wä́së, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison”) (compare Latin vīrus, Ancient Greek ἰός (iós), Sanskrit विष (viṣa)). Compare Tocharian A wäs.
Noun
wase
- poison