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wæter-flód

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wæter-flód, es; m. n. A flood, deluge; in plural, floods, waters. Cf. wæter, <b>II b</b>
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  • Swilce óðer wæterflód swá fleów heora blód. Homl. Skt. i. 23, 74.
  • On ðæs Ambictiones tíde wurdon mycele wæterfiód

    (inluvies aquarum

    ] geond ealle world, Ors. 1, 6; Swt. 36, 7.
  • Hine storm ne mæg áwecgan, ne wæterflódas brecan brondstæfne,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1006; An. 503.
  • Hí mé ymbsealdan swá wæterflódas (

    sicut aqua

    ).
      Ps. Th. 87, 17.
  • On wæterflódum

    in aquoso,

      62, 2.
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