Wesend

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wesend

Old English Dictionary Entry

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

Definitions

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]

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ᚹᛖᛋᛖᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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