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pæþ

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
pæþ, paþ, es; m. : e; f. (?)
Wright's OE grammar
§54; §291; §336;
A path, track
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  • Pæþ, paþ

    semita,

      Ælfc. Gr. 7 ; Zup. 25, 3.
  • Manna paþ semita, deúra paþ

    callis,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 41-42.
  • Pæþ

    semita,

      80, 37.
  • Wegleás pæþ

    invium,

      53, 61.
  • Pæþ

    callis, iter pecudum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 58.
  • Paþ

    callis,

      14, 10.
  • Paat,

      103, 48.
  • Andlang oxna pæþes,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 215, 10.
  • Ðone kyng gerihtan of ðam dweliandan pæþe (

    from the path of error

    ),
      Chr. 1067; Erl. 204, 30.
  • Ne mihton forhabban helpendra paþ merestreámes mód (

    they could not stop the course of the rushing water

    ),
      Cd. Th. 208, 23 ; Exod. 487.
  • Gerece mé on rihtne pæþ (

    semitam

    ),
      Ps. Th. 26, 13.
  • Lǽr me ðíne paþas (

    semitas

    ),
      24, 3: Ps. Spl. 8, 8: Homl. Th. i. 360, 32 : 362, 16.
  • Ðeáh willniaþ ealls þurh mistlíce paþas cuman tó anum ende,

      Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 8.
  • Ic ondrǽde ðæt ic ðé lǽðe hidres ðidres on ða paþas of ðínum wege,

      40, 5 ; Fox 240, 21.
  • On paþum (semita) beboda ðínra, Ps. Spl. 118, 35. The word seems feminine in the following :-- Andlang paþæ ... ǽc ðæ standaþ in on ðær paþæ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 175, 36-176, 6. In the Northern Gospels pæþ is an alternative gloss with dene :-- Pæþ ł ðene uallis, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 3, 5 :

    chaos,

      16, 26.
Etymology
[O. Frs. path, paed : O. H. Ger. pfad callis, semita.]
Similar entries
v. án-, flet-, gegn-, here-, mearc-, mil-pæþ.
Linked entries
v.  paþ.
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