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wach (s.xii1)
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wach (s.xii1)

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

interj.

wach, wach!
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)  Camb Ps 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!)  Camb Ps 121.LXIX.3

[KJ]

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