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* '''we sway''' | * '''we sway''' | ||
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| + | * '''weswas:''' (''Arabic'') whisperer (of doubts) - epithet for the devil | ||
* '''we swear''' | * '''we swear''' | ||
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* '''hold sway:''' to have power or authority (over someone) | * '''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''' | * '''waste away''' | ||
Latest revision as of 19:44, 24 August 2019
- we sway
- weswas: (Arabic) whisperer (of doubts) - epithet for the devil
- 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
