wos

See also: WOs, wós, woš, W.O.s, and Woś

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.

Anagrams

• OSW, OWS, Sow, sow

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Catawba

Etymology

The word is related to wus, wuss (“wasp”).

Noun

wos

1. bee

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

wos f ? (diminutive woska)

1. Superseded spelling of wós.

Declension

Declension of wos

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	wos	wosy	wosy
Genitive	wosy	wosowu	wosow
Dative	wosy	wosoma	wosam
Accusative	wos	wosy	wosy
Instrumental	wosu	wosoma	wosami
Locative	wosy	wosoma	wosach

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /woːs/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wōsą, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow”). Akin to Middle Low German wose (“foam; froth”), Old English wāse (“marsh; mire”).

Alternative forms

• ƿōs — wynn spelling

Noun

wōs n (nominative plural wōs)

1. juice, sap; moisture

Declension

Declension of wos (strong a-stem)

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

Related terms

• wēsan

Descendants

• Middle English: wos, wose
  • English: ooze, wooze

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Alternative forms

• ƿōs — wynn spelling

Noun

wōs

1. genitive singular of wōh

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Tok Pisin

Noun

wos

1. sentinel