wos

English

Verb

wos

1. Eye dialect spelling of was.
   • 1876, Edward Everett Hale, "Phillip Nolan's Friends; or, 'Show Your Passports!'", Scribner's Monthly, Vol. XII, No. 1, page 20[1]:

     She wos real good to 'em all, she wos, ma'am.

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Old English

Etymology 1

Proto-Germanic *wōsan, from Proto-Indo-European *weis- (“to flow”). Akin to Middle Low German wose "scum", Old English wāse (“marsh, mire”)

Noun

wōs n

1. juice, sap; moisture

Declension

    Declension of wos (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	wōs	wōs
accusative	wōs	wōs
genitive	wōses	wōsa
dative	wōse	wōsum

Related terms

• wēsan

Descendants

• English: ooze

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Noun

wos

1. Genitive singular of wōh

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Tok Pisin

Noun

wos

1. sentinel