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wæterian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wæterian, p. ode
To water, supply with water,
to water animals,
give drink to living creatures
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  • Hé wæterode hig

    adaquavit eos,

      Ps. Spl. 77, 18.
  • Hé wæterode hire heorde

    adaquavit gregem,

      Gen. 29, 10.
  • Hí heora orf wæterodon

    refectis gregibus,

      29, 3.
  • Orf wæterian,

      Ex. 2, 16.
  • Oxan wæterian,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 1.
  • Ðá hét ic wætrigan úre hors and úre niéteno,

      Nar. 12, 12.
  • Tó wætranne,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 15 : p. 8, 15.
to water plants
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  • Se man ðe plantaþ wyrta, hé hí wæteraþ,

      Homl. Th. i. 304, 26.
  • Sumu treówu hé watrode,

      Past. 40; Swt. 293, 4.
to water land,
to irrigate
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  • Hé land wæteraþ

    arua rigat,

      Scint. 118, 14.
  • Ða feówer eán ealne ðisne embhwyrft wæteriaþ,

      Homl. Skt. i. 15, 177.
  • Án wyll ásprang of ðære eorðan wætriende (

    irrigans) ealre ðære eorðan brádnysse . . . Ðæt flód . . . tó wætrienne (ad irrigandum )

    neorxena wang,
      Gen. 2, 6, 10.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. vatna to water.]
Similar entries
v. ge-wæterian.
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v.  wætrian.
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