Old English Dictionary Entry

Wesend

Part of speech: es; Related words: next word. wesend

Definitions

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1 wesend

m. A bison, buffalo, wild ox :-- Weosend, uusend, wesand bubalis, Txts. 47, 337. Wesend, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 40: bubalus, 126, 60: urus, i. 22, 45. [O. H. Ger. wisunt (-ant, -ent, -int) bubalus: Icel. vísundr.UNCERTAIN]

Similar Words

-wacnian
-wamb
-wand
-wandigendlíce
-wandodlíc

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛖᛋᛖᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic

Works & Authors

Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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