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wadan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
wadan, p. wód, pl. wódon; pp. waden
Wright's OE grammar
§57; §263; §508;
To go, pass, proceed.
of actual movement,
absolute
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  • Wód wíges heard,... and wið ðæs beornes stóp,

      Byrht. Th. 135, 38; By. 130: 139, 13; By. 253.
  • Brimmen wódon,

      140, 29; By. 295.
  • Ðá com hæleða þreát wadan,

      Andr. Kmbl.2543; An. 1273.
  • Gesión wadan wǽgflotan,

      Elen. Kmbl. 491; El. 246.
with prepositions
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  • Hit ðurh hróf wadeþ,

      Salm. Kmbl. 824; Sal. 411.
  • Ic wód ofer waþema gebind,

      Exon. Th. 287, 34; Wand. 24.
  • Wægn ne be grunde wód,

      404, 29; Rä. 23, 15.
  • Hit ofer eall wód and eode,

      Nar. 15, 22.
  • Ðæt feórðe cyn wód on wǽgstreám,

      Cd. Th. 197, 22; Exod. 311.
  • Hé wód þurh ðone wælréc,

      Beo. Th. 5315; B. 2661.
  • Hé wód under wolcnum,

      1432; B. 714.
  • Wódon wælwulfas west ofer Pantan, ofer scir wæter,

      Byrht. Th. 134, 38; By. 96.
  • Ðis leóhte beorht cymeþ ofer misthleoþu wadan ofer wægas,

      Exon. Th. 350, 9; Sch. 61.
  • Gewát him se æðeling wadan ofer wealdas,

      Cd. Th. 174, 30; Gen. 2886.
  • On sǽ wadan,

      51, 22; Gen. 830.
  • Hé lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals,

      Byrht. Th. 135, 59; By. 140.
with acc. of the way traversed
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  • Gé wadaþ wídlástas,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1353; An. 677.
  • Hé wód (woð,

      MS.) geócrostne síð, Cd. Th. 254, 23; Dan. 616.
  • Wadan wræclástas,

      272, 17; Sat. 121: Exon. Th. 286, 23; Wand. 5.
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  • Ða ðe on eallum ðingum wadaþ on hiora ágenne willan, and æfter hiora líchoman luste irnaþ,

      Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 23.
  • Ða men ðe on eallum þingum wadaþ on heora ágenum willan, and on heora lustum heora líf áspendaþ,

      Homl. Skt. i. 17, 239.
  • Ðæt seó wyrd on ðínne willan wóde,

      Bt. 20; Fox 72, 19.
Etymology
[O. Frs. wada: O. H. Ger. watan: Icel. vaða.]
Similar entries
v. an-, ge-, geond-, ofer-, on-, þurh-wadan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-wadan.
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