Old English · noun

wase

Normalised wāse

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: weak n-stem
IPA: /ˈwɑː.se/
[ˈwɑː.ze]
Syllables: ˈwɑː · se (2 syllables)
Modern English: ooze mire soft mud

Meaning

soft mud; mire
marsh

Declension

Declension of wase
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wāse	wāsan
Accusative	wāsan	wāsan
Genitive	wāsan	wāsena
Dative	wāsan	wāsum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *waisā, 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”).

Descendants

ooze

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