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Revision as of 03:34, 20 August 2019
- we sway
- we swear
- he sways
- hold sway: to have power or authority (over someone)
- westwärts: (German) westwards → the preceding word, otherways → cf. the opening line of Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde: Westwärts schweift der Blick, ostwärts streicht das Schiff ("Westwards wanders my gaze, eastwards skims the ship")
- waste away
- waswas: (Arabic) whispers (of doubt) from the devil
