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Webster 1913 Edition


Was

Was

(wŏz)
.
[AS.
wæs
, 2d pers.
wǣre
, 3d pers.
wæs
, pl.
wǣron
, with the inf.
wesan
to be; akin to D.
wezen
, imp.
was
, OHG.
wesan
, imp.
was
, G.
wesen
, n., a being, essence,
war
was, Icel.
vera
to be, imp.
var
, Goth.
wisan
to be, to dwell, to remain, imp.
was
, Skr.
vas
to remain, to dwell. √148. Cf.
Vernacular
,
Wassail
,
Were
,
Verb.
]
The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense;
as, I
was
; he
was
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Was

WAS

,
s.
as z.; the past tense of the substantive verb; L., to be, to exist, whence English is, in the present tense, and was in the past; as, I was; he was.

Definition 2024


waš

waš

See also: was, wäs, wąs, and wäs-

Lower Sorbian

Determiner

waš

  1. your (plural and polite)

Declension