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wesle

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wesle, an ; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§307;
A weasel
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  • Uueosule, uuesulae

    mustela

    ,
      Txts. 79, 1345.
  • Wesle,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 57 : 78, 18 : ii. 56, 53: 71, 25 : Ælfc. Gr. 6, 5 ; Zup. 19, 14.
  • Gif on hwylcne mycelne wǽtan mús oððe wesle (

    mustela

    ) on befealle, and ðǽr deád sig, sprenge mid háligwætere and þycge,
      L. Ecg. C. 39; Th. ii. 164, 11 : 40; Th. ii. 166, 6, 9.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. wisala (-ula, -ela, -ila) mustela.]
Linked entries
v.  weosule.
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  • wesle, n.