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wésan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wésan, p. de.
to steep, soak; inficere, conficere
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  • Genim gréne rudan, cnuca smale and wés mid doran hunige,

      Lchdm. iii. 4, 24.
  • Heoretes sceafeþan of felle áscafen mid pumice and wése mid ecede,

      44, 11: ii. 100, 15: 246, 13. v. ge-wésan; wése, wésing.
to ooze, suppurate
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  • Ðonne ǽrest onginne se healsgund wésan (wesan?),

      Lchdm. ii. 44, 11.
Etymology
[Wese, N. P. 65. See Halliwell wese, and Jamieson weese, weeze to ooze, distil gently.]
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v. wós.
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v.  wésa wésing.
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