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BÆÞ

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
BÆÞ, es; pl. nom. acc. baðu; g. baða; d. baðum, baðan, baðon; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §54; §57; §292; §301; §302; §345;
a BATH; balneum, balneatio
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  • Bæþ háte weól

    the bath boiled [welled] with heat,

    • Exon. 74a; Th. 277, 16
    • ;
    • Jul. 581
    • .
  • On hátum baðum

    in hot baths,

    • Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 6
    • .
a font; fons lustralis
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  • Hú hí hine bǽdan fullwihtes bæðes

    how they had asked him for a font of baptism,

    • Ors. 6, 34; Bos. 130, 30
    • .
Etymology
[
Plat. bad, n
:
O. Sax. bath, n
:
Dut. Ger. bad, n
:
M. H. Ger. bat; gen. bades, n
:
O. H. Ger. bad, n
:
Dan. Swed. bad
:
O. Nrs. bað, n.
]
Derived forms
fýr-bæþ, seolh-, Baðan,
Linked entries
v.  baða baðian baðo beþ baþian.
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  • BÆÞ, n.