Hwæs

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

hwæs

adj. Sharp, keen :-- Hí hwæsne beág ymb mín heáfod heardne gebýgdon they encircled my head with a crown sharp and hard [the crown of thorns], Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 23; Cri. 1444. [Goth. hwass-aba sharply: Icel. hvass sharp.] Cf. hwæt. hwæs