See wæge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "Each month runs under one of the signs [of the Zodiac]. The first of the signs is called aries, that is \"ram\"; the second is taurus, that is \"bull\"; the third is gemini, that is \"twins\"; the fourth is cancer, that is \"crab\"; the fifth is lion; the sixth is virgo, that is \"virgin\"; the seventh is libra, that is \"pound\" or \"scales\"; eighth is scorpious, that is \"scorpion\"; ninth is sagittarius, that is \"shooter\"; tenth is capricornus, that is \"he-goat's horn\" or \"he-goat\"; eleventh is aquarius, that is \"pouring water\" or \"one that pours water\"; twelfth is pisces, that is \"fishes.\"",
"text": "c. 994, attributed to Ælfric of Eynsham, On the Year\nǢlċe mōnað hēo yrnð under ān þǣra tācna. Ān þǣra tācna ys ġehāten aries, ꝥ is ramm; oðer taurus, ꝥ is fearr; ðridda gemini, ꝥ synd ġetwisan; fēorða cancer, ꝥ is crabba; fīfta leo; syxta virgo, ꝥ is mǣden; seofoða libra, ꝥ is pund oððe wǣġe; eahtoðe scorpius, ꝥ is þrōwend; nigoða is sagittarius, ꝥ is sċytta; teoða ys capricornus, ꝥ is buccan horn, oððe bucca; endlyfta is aquarius, ꝥ is wæter-gyte, oððe þe þe wæter ġyt; twelfte is pisces, ꝥ synd fixas.",
"translation": "Each month runs under one of the signs [of the Zodiac]. The first of the signs is called aries, that is \"ram\"; the second is taurus, that is \"bull\"; the third is gemini, that is \"twins\"; the fourth is cancer, that is \"crab\"; the fifth is lion; the sixth is virgo, that is \"virgin\"; the seventh is libra, that is \"pound\" or \"scales\"; eighth is scorpious, that is \"scorpion\"; ninth is sagittarius, that is \"shooter\"; tenth is capricornus, that is \"he-goat's horn\" or \"he-goat\"; eleventh is aquarius, that is \"pouring water\" or \"one that pours water\"; twelfth is pisces, that is \"fishes.\"",
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"ref": "“St John's College MS 154, fol. 43r”, in Digital Bodleian, (Can we date this quote?)",
"text": "⁊ ælc þæra ðinga þe man wihð on wægan oððe met on fate næfð heora nan menigfeald getel",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"a balance, scales"
],
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"balance",
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}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwæː.je/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwæː.je/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwæː.je/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwæː.je/"
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"ipa": "/ˈwæː.je/"
}
],
"word": "wæge"
}
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