wach (s.xii1)

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wach (s.xii1)

[KJ]

  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED:  vah int.  MED:  vah interj.  DMLBS:  vah 3587a
 

interj.

wach, wach!
1 exclam. 'Aha, aha!', sneer, expression of gloating triumph
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  [...] il [...] paroles decevables grundillent. E aovrirent sur mei lur buche, distrent Wach, wach! vit li nostre oilz (Latin: [...] verba fraudulenta concinnant. Et dilataverunt super me os suum, dixerunt, Vah! vah! vidit oculus noster)  58.XXXIV.22
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Returngent al estrace de lur cunfusiun, cil ki dient a mei: Wach, wach! (Latin: Revertantur ad vestigium confusionis suae, qui dicunt: Vach, vach!)  121.LXIX.3
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