Wæter-þísa

Menurut Kamus Old English:

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wæter-þísa

m. A water-rusher, what rushes through the water, applied to a ship and to the whale :-- Hé wǽghengest wræc, wæterþísa (-þiswa, MS., but the w is marked for erasure) fór ILLEGIBLE snel, Exon. Th. 182, 1; Gú. 1303. Hé (the whale) hafaþ óþre gecynd, wæterþísa wlonc, 363, 7; Wal. 50. [Cf. Icel. þeysa to rush, storm; þeysir a rusher, stormer.] Cf. mere-þyssa. wæter-þisa