wæs
See also: wäs and wäs-
Old English
Alternative forms
- wes, was
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wæs/
Verb
wæs
- first/third-person singular preterite of bēon
- first/third-person singular preterite of wesan
Quotations
- c. 800, Ruthwell Cross, found in Ruthwell, Scotland.
- ᛣᚱᛁᛋᛏ ᚹᚫᛋ ᚩᚾ ᚱᚩᛞᛁ ᚻᚹᛖᚦᚱᚨ / ᚦᛖᚱ ᚠᚢᛋᚨ ᚠᛠᚱᚱᚪᚾ ᛣᚹᚩᛗᚢ / ᚨᚦᚦᛁᛚᚨ ᛏᛁᛚ ᚪᚾᚢᛗ
- Krist wæs on rodi. Hweþræ'/ þer fusæ fearran kwomu / æþþilæ til anum.
- Christ was on the cross. Yet / the brave came there from afar / to their lord.
Descendants
- Middle English: was
- English: was
- Scots: was, wis
- Yola: waas, was, waz, 'as, as