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wǽtan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wǽtan, p. te
Wright's OE grammar
§531;
To wet, moisten
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  • Ic ðweá lauo, lauas: ic wǽte

    lauo, lauis

    ,
      Ælfc. Gr. 37; Zup. 220, 6.

  • Ic mín bedd wǽte (wétu, Ps. Surt.) mid teárum

    lacrymis stratum meum rigabo

    ,
      Ps. Th. 6, 5.

  • Wǽteþ

    ingurgitat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 59 : 47, 19.

  • Ne is ðæt wín tó þicgenne ðætte hǽteþ and wǽteþ ðone innoþ,

      Lchdm. ii. 246, 5.

  • Mec (

    an animal's skin

    ) brýd wǽteþ in wætre.
      Exon. Th. 393, 34 ; Rä, 13, 10.

  • Heó genam ðæs gehálgodan sealtes, and wǽtte,

      Guthl. 22; Gdwin. 98, 2.

  • Wǽt ðæt gewrit on ðam drence,

      Lchdm. ii. 350, 15.
  • Wǽt wulle mid biccean hlonde. i. 362, 17.
  • Wǽt ðæt liþ mid ecede, ii. 134, 9.

  • Wǽt mid ðínum scytefingre,

      Techm. ii. 126, 2.

  • Hí ða lifre wǽten,

      Lchdm. i. 346, 23.

  • Hé wylle mid ðam seáwe his eágan hreppan and wǽtan,

      128, 13.

  • Wǽtan

    rigare, humectare,

      Hpt. Gl. 421, 54.

  • Wǽtende

    humectans,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 28: Lchdm. ii. 156, 20.

  • Wǽtendum

    rorantibus, tingentibus,

      Hpt. Gl. 439, 55.
Etymology
[Icel. væta to wet.]
Similar entries
v. ge-wǽtan; wǽtian.
Linked entries
v.  wǽtian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wǽtan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/34480.

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