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Old English · noun

wos

Normalised wōs

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/woːs/
Syllables
woːs (1 syllable)
Modern English
juiceoozewoozemoisturesap

wos1 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. juice, sap; moisture

    Wiþ ǣlces dæġes mannes tȳddernysse inneweardes, nime þonne weġbrǣdan, dō on wīn and sūp þ wōs and et þā weġbrǣdan; ðonne dēah hit wið ǣġhwylcre innancundre unhǣlo.

    For every days tenderness of a man inwardly, let him take then waybread, put it in wine, and sip the juice and eat the waybread; then it is good for any inward unheal (infirmity).

    Leech Book, Leech Book, Volume I, Fiveleaf, or Cinquefoil. III.

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of wos
SingularPlural
Nominative wōswōs
Accusative wōswōs
Genitive wōseswōsa
Dative wōsewōsum

wos2 · noun · inflected form

Senses

  1. genitive singular of wōh

  2. Inflected form of wōh

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wōs, from Proto-Germanic *wōsą, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow”). Akin to Middle Low German wose (“foam; froth”), Old English wāse (“marsh; mire”).

Inflected forms.

Descendants

ooze, wooze

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