Wīsa
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wīsa
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- wīsa
- m. A leader, director, captain :-- Wæs Cainan æfter Enose aldordēma, weard and wīsa, Cd. Th. 70, 22; Gen. 1157. Ðū eart eallum eordbūendum weard and wīsa, 251, 19; Dan. 566. Enoch ealdordōm āhō;f, folces wīsa, 73, 2 ; Gen. 1198. Leóda aldor, herges wīsa, freom folctoga, 178, 18; Exod. 13: 228, 16; Dan. 203. Mægenes wīsa, 260, 2; Dan. 703. Elamitarna ordes wīsa, 121, 3 ; Gen. 2004. Rīces hyrde, werodes wīsa, 194, 9 ; Exod. 258: Beo. Th. 523 ; B. 259: Exon. Th. 296, 22; Crä. 55. Þeóda wīsan, 196, 9; Az. 171. Weorces wīsan, Cd. Th. 101, 28; Gen. 1689. [O. Sax. balu-wīso (the devil): O. H. Ger. wīso dux: Icel. vīsi (poet.) a guide, leader, captain.] -