Middle English Dictionary Entry
wesen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | wesen v.(1) P. (early SWM) wes. |
| Etymology | ?OE *wesan to pasture, herd (see Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung 98, 295-301. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To tend (livestock, sheep), pasture.
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)4/29 : Ha wes & wiste [L pascebat]…wið oðre meidnes o þe feld hire fostermodres hahte.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)6/10 : Margarete…wes & wiste up o þe feld hire fost[er] modres schep.