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[7] C. proposes to take 'weaxan' = L. 'vescor,' and translate
Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem Lesslie [Translator] Hall
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C. considers weaxan, = Lat. _vescor_, to devour, as a parallel to fretan, and discards parentheses.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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C. considers weaxan, = Lat. _vescor_, to devour, as a parallel to fretan, and discards parentheses.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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The A.S. _weaxan_ = to grow or increase: Shakespeare has 'man of wax' = adult, _Rom. and Jul. _
Milton's Comus John Milton 1641
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