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wǽta

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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wǽta, an; m.: wǽte, an; f.
wet, moisture
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  • Wǽta

    humor,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 78.

  • Hwílum flíht se wǽta ðæt drýge,

      Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 11: Prov. Kmbl. 71.

  • Seó lyft sycð ǽlcne wǽtan up tó hyre, . . . se wǽta gǽð up swylce mid miste, and gyf hit sealt byð . . . hit byð . . . tó ferscum wǽtan áwend,

      Lchdm. iii. 278, 7-12.

  • Ðá forscranc ðæt sǽd, for ðan ðe hit næfde nǽnne wǽtan. Swá dóð sume menn . . . se wǽta ne fæstnode heora wyrtruman,

      Homl. Th. ii. 90, 30-35.

  • Wǽte humor vel

    mador,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 44.

  • Snáw cymð of ðam þynnum wǽtan, ðe byð up átogen mid ðære lyfte,

      Lchdm. iii. 278, 23.

  • Hit wǽtan næfde

    non habebat [h]umorem,

      Lk. Skt. 8, 6.

  • Hwílum ðæt dríge drífð ðone wǽtan,

      Met. 29, 48.

  • Hí feallan lǽtaþ seáw of bósme, wǽtan of wombe,

      Exon. Th. 385, 21; Rä. 4, 48.

  • Wǽtum hé (

    snow

    ) oferhrægeþ, gebryceþ burga geatu,
      Salm. Kmbl. 612; Sal. 305.
a liquid
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  • Wynsum wǽta (

    water

    ) út flówende,
      Blickl. Homl. 209, 2.

  • Æfter sóðum gecynde ðæt wæter is brosniendlíc wǽta,

      Homl. Th. ii. 270, 5.

  • Wolde ðæt folc ðæt fýr ádwæscan, gif hit ǽnig wǽta wanian mihte,

      140, 17.

  • Hit wæs mid wǽtan (blood) bestémed, Rood Kmbl. 44; Kr. 22. II a. a liquid that may be drunk or used in cookery, medicine, etc., liquor, drink :-- Wǽta liquor, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 49 (in a list 'de generibus potionum'). Mete cibus, drenc potus, wǽta

    liquor,

      82, 47.

  • Úre wǽta wæs olfenda miolc,

      Shrn. 38, 18.

  • Dó on hunig and on wín . . . dó ðæt se wǽta mæge oferyrnan ða wyrta,

      Lchdm. ii. 306, 27.

  • Gesamna tú ámbru hrýþra micgean . . . wylle óþ ðæt se wǽta sié twǽde on bewylled,

      332, 17.

  • Ǽgru sint tó forgánne, for ðon ðe hira wǽte bið fǽt and máran hǽto wyrcð,

      210, 23.

  • Geðicge ðæs wǽtan (

    hot water and wine

    ) þreó full fulle, i.
      76, 25.

  • Þeáh hý him wǽtan bǽdan, drynces gedreahte,

      Exon. Th. 92, 14; Cri. 1508.

  • Wæs glæsen fæt ðæt ðæs wynsuman wǽtan onféng. Þǽr wæs gewuna ðæm folce, ðæt hié tó ðæm fæte ástigon and ðære heofon*-*lícan wǽtan onbyrigdon,

      Blickl. Homl 209, 4-9.

  • Wǽtan (byrele? cf. wín-byrele

    caupo, 21, 13; or brytta? cf. wín-bryttum cauponibus) caupo,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 81.

  • Wǽtan heó ne swelgeþ, ne wiht iteþ,

      Exon. Th. 439, 27; Rä. 59, 10.

  • Tó leohtum drence (

    a number of plants then follow), tó wǽtan (for liquor )

    healf háligwæter, healf eala,
      Lchdm. ii. 274, 4.

  • Gif mon sié mid wǽtan forbærned,

      324, 14.

  • Gif lytel fearh áfealle on wǽtan (

    liquorem

    ), and cucu sig upp átogen, sprenge man ðone wǽtan mid háligwætere, and þicge man ðone wǽtan; gif hit deád sig, and man ne mæge ðone wǽtan gesyllan, geóte hine man út,
      L. Ecg. C. 39.; Th. ii. 164, 3-7.

  • Nánne wǽtan hí ne cúþon wið hunige mangan,

      Bt. 15; Fox 48, 10.

  • Ne hé cealdne wǽtan ne þicge,

      Lchdm. i. 190, 2: 238, 9.
  • Drince wucan æfter ðon beónbroð and mænige (nǽnige?) óþre wǽtan; óþre wucan . . ., and náne óþre wǽtan . . .; þriddan wucan . . . nánne óþerne wǽtan, ii. 216, 11-15.
  • Ða wyrte wið ðone wǽtan gemencge, drince ðonne, iii. 18, 20.

  • Ne dranc hé wínes drenc, ne nán ðæra wǽtena ðe druncennysse styriaþ,

      Homl. Th. ii. 298, 18.
moisture in an animal body, humour
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  • Ðonan cymeþ sió mettrymnes ðæm healedum,ðe se wǽta ðæra innoða (

    humor viscerum

    ) ástígð tó ðæm lime,
      Past. 11; Swt. 73, 9.

  • Ðonne bið se deáðbǽra wǽta (

    humor mortiferus

    ) on ðæm menn ofslægen mid ðæm biteran drence, 41 ;
      Swt. 303, 16.

  • Gif ðú wille ðæt yfel swyle and ǽterno wǽte út berste,

      Lchdm. ii. 16, 14.

  • Gif sió wamb biþ windes full, ðonne cymð ðæt of wlacre wǽtan; sió cealde wǽte wyrcþ sár an,

      224, 24.
  • Wið ealle gegaderunga ðæs yfelan wǽtan of ðam líchoman, i. 236, 18.
  • Gífernes áríst of ðæs hores wǽtan ðe of ðam magan cymð, ii. 196, 3.

  • Of yfelum wǽtan slítendum ðone magan, . . . gif se seóca man áspíwð ðone yfelan bítendan wǽtan áweg,

      60, 20-23.

  • Of yfelre wǽtan slítendre,

      4, 30.

  • Wiþ yflum wǽtan and swile . . . hit eal ðæt worms and ðone yfelan wǽtan ádrífþ,

      72, 12-15.

  • Hyt ealne ðone wǽtan (dropsical humour) út átýhþ, i. 204, 3. III a.

    water, urine

    :-- Genim eoferes blǽdran mid ðam micgan, áhefe upp, and ábíd óþ ðæt se wǽta of áflówen sý,
      Lchdm. i. 360, 6.
moisture of plants, juice, sap
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  • Nim ǽnne sticcan . . . forbærn ðone óderne ende, ðonne gǽð se wǽta (

    v.l.

    wǽte) út æt ðam óðrum ende,
      Lchdm. iii. 274, 5.

  • Sæp i wǽte

    succus,

      Hpt. Gl. 450, 13.

  • Hé bær ða wǽtan ðære uncystan in ðam telgan ðone hé getýhþ ǽr of ðam wyrtruman

    portat in ramo humorem vitii, quem traxit ex radice,

      Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 26.
Etymology
[He þoleð hwile druie, and hwile wete, O. E. Homl. ii. 123, 6. Hwo þet bere a deorewurðe licur, oðer a deorewurðe wete in a feble uetles, A. R. 164, 14. Ifulled mid attere, weten alre bitterest. Laym. 19769. Icel. væta wet, rain.]
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v. hærfest-wǽta.
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v.  wǽte.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wǽta.” 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/34479.

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