Drihten waes precende thaes word to Moyse and thus cwaedh: 1.
Se-the slea his agenne theowne esne odhdhe mennen, and he ne sy thy daeges dead, theah he libbe twa niht odhdhe threo, ne bidh he ealles swa scyldig, forthon the hit waes his agen feoh.
Audiens autem dha burgwaeras herodes se cynig gedroefed waes and alle dha hierusolemisca midh Herodes turbatus est et omnis Hierosolyma cum mesapreusti him and gesomnede alle dha aldormenn biscopa illo.
Haedhum come, him waes on thaet steorbord Gothland and Sillende and iglanda fela.
She turned to the messenger beside her, who clashed his great axe upon his round wooden shield, with its strange embossing of iron nails, and shouted 'Waes hael!
Some that hae least to dree are loudest wi' "waes me.
Waes the wife that wants the tongue, but weel's the man that gets her.
I never thocht to thole the waes It 's been my lot to dree; I never thocht to sigh sae sad Whan first I sigh'd for thee.
The bird was sitting in his cage, 85 And heard what they did say; And when he found they were dismist, Says, "Waes me for this day!
The song, "Waes me for Prince Charlie," is one of the most touching and popular of modern Jacobite ditties.
He hover'd on the wing a while, Ere he departed fairly; But weel I mind the farewell strain Was, "Waes me for Prince Charlie.
Loudoun's bonnie woods and braes Hae seen our happy bridal days, And gentle Hope shall soothe thy waes When I am far awa', lassie.
Waes me, Mr. Walkinshaw, that ye should cast up to me the sincerity with which I did but my duty to a client.
My mother has tried to comfort me, by telling me o' the waes o' Ane higher than mortal man, wha was pursued to the death by envy and malice, and wha yet triumphed.
Be dham Worde ongann se godspellere Iohannes tha godspellican gesetnysse, dhus cwedhende, "On frymdhe waes Word, and thaet Word waes mid Gode, and thaet Word waes God.
Thaet halige godspel cwydh be dham Fulluhtere, thaet he forestope dham Haelende on gaste and on mihte thaes witegan Helian; fordhan dhe he waes his forrynel aet dham aerran to-cyme, swa swa Helias bidh aet dham aeftran togeanes Antecriste.
Se eahteteodha daeg thaes mondhes the we h['a]tadh Martius, dhone ge hatadh Hlyda, waes se forma daeg dhyssere worulde.
Nu habbadh ge gehyred thaet se Sunu is of dham Faeder butan aelcum anginne; fordhan dhe he is thaes Faeder Wisdom, and he waes aefre mid tham Faeder, and aefre bidh.
He waes aefre, and aefre he bidh thurhwunigende on him sylfum and dhurh hine sylfne.
As if she was a queen fighting for her crown--and, waes me!
And at this all the soldiers rose and held their drinking horns aloft, and cried, "Waes heal to Wulnoth the Wanderer, and to Edgiva the Beautiful.
Ic waes mid Hunum and mid Hreth-gotum, Mid Sweom and mid Geatum, and mid Suth-Denum.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "waes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
