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wáþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wáþ, e ; f.
wandering, roving
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  • Deóra gesíð of wáðe cwom,

    • Nabochodonossor, Cd. Th. 257, 26
      • ;
    • Dan. 663.

  • Féðan sǽton, reste gefégon, wérige æfter wǽðe,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1185
      • ;
    • An. 593.

  • Ic (a storm) beámas fylle . . . wrecan on wáþe wide sended

    I fell trees . . . sent driving a-wandering far

    (cf. Aldhelm's Ego rura peragro),
    • Exon. Th. 381, 14
      • ;
    • Rä. 2, 11.

  • Hý síð tugon, wíde wáðe, lyftlácende,

    • 100, 29
      • ;
    • Gú. 116.

  • Hé síðfæt sægde sínum leódum, wíde wáðe, ðe hé mid wilddeórum áteáh,

    • Cd. Th. 256, 33
      • ;
    • Dan. 650.

  • Hý of wáþum wérge cwóman, restan ryneþrágum,

    • Exon. Th. 115, 1
      • ;
    • Gú. 183.

  • Wáþum strong, fugel feþrum wlonc,

    • 204, 18
      • ;
    • Ph. 99: 208, 26
      • ;
    • Ph. 161.
hunting
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  • Deáð, egeslíc hunta ábít on wáðe, nyle hé ǽnig swæð ǽfre forlǽtan

    death, dread hunter, persists in his hunting, never will he abandon any track,

    • Met. 27, 13.
Etymology
[Myght we not fynde ffor to wyn as for waithe, Destr. Tr. 2350.
Here is wayth þat I seȝ þis seuen ȝere, Gaw. 1381,
O. H. Ger. weida venatio, piscatio : Icel. veiðr hunting, fishing;
fara á veiðar to go a-hunting.]
Similar entries
v. gamen-wáþ ; wǽðan.
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v.  wǽðe wǽðan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wáþ.” 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/34719.

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