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wǽt

  • adjective
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wǽt, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§119; §426;
wet, moist, damp, consisting of moisture
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  • Ðæt wæter is wǽt and ceald,

    • Bt. 33, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 128, 35
    • :
    • Met. 20, 77.
  • Hyra blód byð wǽt and wearm,

    • Anglia viii. 299, 29.
  • Ðú ðam wættere wǽtum and cealdum foldan tó flóre gesettest,

    • Met. 20, 90.
  • Mid wættere rude

    roseo(purpurei cruoris) rubore

    • (Ald. 61),
    • Hpt. Gl. 507, 63.
  • Gecyrred on wǽtne deáw,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 441.
wet, moist, having moisture
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  • Sié lyft is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt ge wearm,

    • Bt. 33, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 128, 35
    • ;
    • Anglia viii. 299, 28.
  • Se wǽta wong

    roscida tellus,

    • Exon. Th. 417, 7
    • ;
    • Rä. 36, 1.
  • In wǽtan sihtran; of ðam wǽtan síce; . . . in ðæt wǽte sícc,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 386, 10-16.
  • Loca humentia, ðæt beóð wǽte stówa,

    • Wulfst. 249, 17.
  • On sméþum landum and on wǽtum,

    • Lchdm. i. 90, 4.
  • On wátum v. ll. wǽtum stówum,

    • 222, 18.
  • Wǽtum

    udis,

    • Hpt. Gl. 482, 42
    • :
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 1.
  • Nǽfre hé his ða wǽtan hrægel and ða cealdan ásettan wolde

    nunquam ipsa vestimenta uda atque algida deponere curabat,

    • Bd. 5, 12
    • ;
    • S. 631, 24.
  • Be (wambe) cealdre and wǽtre gecyndo . . . and ðæt hǽmedþing ne sceþeþ hátum líchoman ne wǽtum,

    • 162, 17-20
    • :
    • 222, 1, 2.
  • Eal ða wǽtan þing and ða smerewigan sint tó forbeódanne,

    • 210, 27
    • :
    • 246, 3.
referring to the humours or juices of bodies
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  • –Ðonne sió wamb swíðe wǽtre gecyndo biþ, ne þrowaþ seó þurst ne hefignesse metta, and gefihð wǽtum mettum

    • Lchdm. ii. 220, 19-21.
  • Be (wambe) cealdre and wǽtre gecyndo . . . and ðæt hǽmedþing ne sceþeþ hátum líchoman ne wǽtum,

    • 162, 17-20
    • :
    • 222, 1, 2.
  • Eal ða wǽtan þing and ða smerewigan sint tó forbeódanne,

    • 10, 27
    • :
    • 246, 3.
of weather,
wet, rainy
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  • Lengtentíma ys wǽt,

    • Anglia viii. 299, 27.
  • Of untídlícan gewideran, ðæt is, of wǽtum sumerum and of drýgum wintrum,

    • Ors. 3, 3
    • ;
    • Swt. 102, 5.
Etymology
[
O. Frs.wét
:
Icel.vátr.
]
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  • wǽt, adj.