), 970, 981, 1293; progressive, wæs
secgende
(for sǣde), 3029;
II.
II.
Beowulf
; inf.
wesan, 272, 1329,
1860, 2709, etc. The inf. wesan must sometimes be supplied: nealles Hetware
hrēmge þorfton (i. e. wesan) fēðe-wīges, 2364; so, 2498, 2660, 618, 1858;
pres. part. wesende, 46; dat. sg. wesendum, 1188; pret. sg. I. , III. wæs,
11, 12, 18, 36, 49, 53, etc. ; wæs on sunde (_was a-swimming_), 1619; so,
848, 850(?
), 970, 981, 1293; progressive, wæs secgende (for sǣde), 3029;
II. wǣre, 1479, etc. ; pl. wǣron, 233, 536, 544, etc. ; wǣran (w. reflex,
him), 2476; pret. subj. wǣre, 173, 203, 594, 946, etc. ; progressive,
myndgiend wǣre (for myndgie), 1106. --Contracted neg. forms: , nis = ne +
is, 249, 1373, etc. ; næs = ne + wæs, 134, 1300, 1922, 2193, etc. (cf.
uncontracted: ne wæs, 890, 1472); nǣron = ne + wǣron, 2658; nǣre = ne +
wǣre, 861, 1168. See cniht-wesende.
wēg.
1860, 2709, etc. The inf. wesan must sometimes be supplied: nealles Hetware
hrēmge þorfton (i. e. wesan) fēðe-wīges, 2364; so, 2498, 2660, 618, 1858;
pres. part. wesende, 46; dat. sg. wesendum, 1188; pret. sg. I. , III. wæs,
11, 12, 18, 36, 49, 53, etc. ; wæs on sunde (_was a-swimming_), 1619; so,
848, 850(?
), 970, 981, 1293; progressive, wæs secgende (for sǣde), 3029;
II. wǣre, 1479, etc. ; pl. wǣron, 233, 536, 544, etc. ; wǣran (w. reflex,
him), 2476; pret. subj. wǣre, 173, 203, 594, 946, etc. ; progressive,
myndgiend wǣre (for myndgie), 1106. --Contracted neg. forms: , nis = ne +
is, 249, 1373, etc. ; næs = ne + wæs, 134, 1300, 1922, 2193, etc. (cf.
uncontracted: ne wæs, 890, 1472); nǣron = ne + wǣron, 2658; nǣre = ne +
wǣre, 861, 1168. See cniht-wesende.
wēg.
