wase

English

Etymology

From Middle English wase (“torch”), related to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wase (“bundle of straw, torch”), Danish vase (“wisp of straw, bundle”), Swedish vase (“a sheaf”).

Noun

wase (plural wases)

  1. (Britain, dialectal) A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for wase in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ƿāse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waisǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow”). Akin to Old Saxon wāso (“mud, wet ground, mire”), Old Norse veisa (“stagnant pond, stagnant water”), Old English wōs (“moisture; juice, sap”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑːze/

Noun

wāse f

  1. soft mud; mire
  2. marsh

Declension
Declension of wase (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wāse wāsan
accusative wāsan wāsan
genitive wāsan wāsena
dative wāsan wāsum

Descendants

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *wä́së, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison”) (compare Latin vīrus, Ancient Greek ἰός (iós), Sanskrit विष (viṣa)). Compare Tocharian A wäs.

Noun

wase

  1. poison
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