Wásend

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wásend

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 wásend

m. The weasand, gullet: -- Wásend rumen, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 43: 64, 61 : 282, 81 : ingluvies, Hpt. Gl. 490, 11. Wásende ingluvie, 464, 15. Lǽcedómas wið gealhswile and þrotan and wásende, Lchdm. ii. 44, 8 : 46, 7. In ðane wásend ingluviem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 30. [Weysande isophagus, Wülck. Gl. 590, 40. Waysande, 635, 19. Wesande, 676, 24. Wesawnt, 748, 19. O. Frs. wásende (-ande) : O. H. Ger. weisont (-unt) arteriae.] wasend

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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