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ge-wadan

  • verb
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ge-wadan, p. -wód; pp. -waden.
v. intrans.
To wade, go; vadere, ire
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  • Sár gewód ymb ðæs beornes breóst

    pain went around the man's breast,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2494
    • ;
    • An. 1248
    • .
  • Ord in gewód

    the point entered,

    • Byrht. Th. 136, 26
    • ;
    • By. 157
    • :
    • Exon. 47 b
    • ;
    • Th. 163, 29
    • ;
    • Gú. 1001
    • .
  • Wundenstefna gewaden hæfde ðæt ða líðende land gesáwon

    the ship had gone [so far] that the sailors saw land,

    • Beo. Th. 446
    • ;
    • B. 220
    • .
v. trans.
To pervade, go through
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  • Flód blód gewód

    blood pervaded the flood,

    • Cd. 166
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    • Th. 207, 6
    • ;
    • Exod. 462
    • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2378
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    • El. 1190
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