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wǽt

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
wǽt, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§119; §426;
wet, moisture
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  • Se cyle geþrowode wið ða hǽto, and ðæt wǽt wiþ ðám drýgum,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 33: Met. 20, 74.
liquor, drink
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  • Hé ána gereorde, and be dǽle ǽt and wǽt gewanod sý

    reficiat solus, sublata ei portione sua de vino,

      R. Ben. 69, 14.

  • Hé ne mæg ǽtes oððe wǽtes brúcan,

      Homl. Th. i. 66, 9.

  • Hé fæste, swá ðæt hé ne onbyrigde ǽtes ne wǽtes on eallum ðam fyrste,

      166, 11: ii. 490, 11: Wulfst. 103, 1.

  • Nán ðing tó ðigenne ne on ǽte ne on wǽte

    nec quicquam cibi aut potus presumere,

      R. Ben. 69, 19: 76, 18: Homl. Th. i. 360, 13: ii. 590, 21.

  • Búton ǽte and búton wǽte,

      H. R. 11, 27.
Etymology
[Þis halwende wet (the blood of Jesus), O. E. Homl. i. 187, 31. Gifernesse deð þet mon to muchel nimeð on ete oðer on wete, 103, 7. Lokenn himm fra luffsumm æte and wæte, Orm. 7852.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wǽt.” 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/34478.

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