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wæd

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
wæd, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§345; §390;
A ford, shallow water, water that may be traversed (cf. wadan, and the forms wade, wath in place-names, e.g. Biggles-wade, Longwathby); poet, a body of water, sea
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  • Bí wædes ófre,

      Exon. Th. 360, 22; Wal. 9.
  • Wyllelm king lǽdde scypferde and landfyrde tó Scotlande ... him sylf mid his landfyrde férde inn ofer ðæt wæð (æt ðam gewæde, MS. E. Cf. wath

    a ford,

    Jamieson's
      Dict.), Chr. 1073; Erl. 211, 25.
  • Wit on sǽ wǽron, óþ ðæt unc flód tódráf, wado weallende,

      Beo. Th. 1096; B. 546: 1166; B. 581.
  • Sǽholm oncneów ðæt ðú gife hæfdes ... wædu swæðorodon,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1066; An. 533.
  • Wé on sǽbáte ofer waruðgewinn wada cunnedon faroðrídende,

      878; An. 439: Beo. Th. 1021; B. 508.
  • Ðonne ic (a swan) wado dréfe

    when I trouble the waters

    (i.e. swim),
      Exon. Th. 389, 24; Rä. 8, 2.
Etymology
[A wathe vadum, flustrum, Cath. Angl. 410, and note: O. H. Ger. wat, furt vadum: Icel. vað a ford.]
Similar entries
v. ge- (geuueada
vada brevia,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 17), mearc-, seolh-wæd.
Linked entries
v.  ge-wæd wæð.
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