Hwésan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hwésan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 hwésan

p. hweós To wheeze, make a noise in breathing, to breathe hard :-- Gif hé mid earfoþnysse hwést if he breathes with difficulty, Lchdm. iii. 122, 3. Hé hwést swýðe hefelíce, 126, 9. Hé egeslíce hweós he wheezed terribly, Homl. Th. i. 86, 1. [Icel. hvæsa to hiss.] hwesan

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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