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of-geótan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to moisten by pouring, souse, soak
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  • Ofgeót mid ealaþ

    moisten the plants by pouring ale on them,

      Lchdm. ii. 140, 15 : iii. 28, 16.
  • Ofgeót mid wætere,

      48, 5.
  • Ofgeót hý áne niht mid wýne ðanne on morgen nim ða leáf cnuca hý . . . and ofgeót hý mid ðan ylcan wíne ðe hý ǽr ofgotene wǽron

    soak them a night with wine, then in the morning take the leaves, pound them . . . and soak them with the same wine that they were soaked with before,

      130, 30-132, 2.
  • Sele wernmód on wearmum waetere ofgotenne, ii. 182, 6.
to put out a fire by pouring water on it
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  • Hit biþ gelíc, ðæt man mid wætere ðone weallendan welm (líg,

      MS. D. )
    ofgeóte, ðæt hé leng ne mót ríxian, swá man mid ælmessan synna ealle álýseþ. Wulfst. 257, 21.
  • Hí woldon ðæt fýr mid wætere ofgeótan,

      Homl. Th. ii. 166, 7.
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