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wæter-ǽdre

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wæter-ǽdre, an; -ǽder, e; f. (in the first passage given the word is made neuter).
A vein of water, a spring
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  • Gewemmed weterédre

    uena corrupta

    (Prov.
      25, 26), Kent. Gl. 973.
  • Hé hét ða heardnysse holian onmiddan ðære flóre, and ðæt wæterǽddre ðá wynsum ásprang, werod on swæcce. Homl. Th. ii. 144, 4.
  • Án lamb bícnode mid his swýðran fét, swilce hit ða wæterǽddran geswutelian wolde. Clemens cwæð: 'Geopeniaþ ðás eorðan' . . . Æt ðam forman gedelfe swégde út ormǽte wyllspring, i. 562, 10.

  • Ealle wyllspringas and eán þurh hig (

    the earth

    ) yrnaþ. Swá swá ǽddran licgeaþ on ðæs mannes líchaman, swá licgaþ ðás wæter-ǽddran geond ðás eorðan,
      Lchdm. iii. 254, 23.

  • On stemne wæterǽdrena (-édrana, Ps. Lamb.

    cataractorum

    ) ðínra,
      Ps. Spl. 41, 9: Blickl. Gl. Wæterǽdra, Ps. Th. 41, 8.

  • Wæterǽddrum

    cataractis,

      Hpt. Gl. 418, 63.

  • Seó gýtsung hyre gold betweoh ða wæterǽdran rǽt

    avaritia aurum inter arenas legit,

      Gl. Prud. 55.
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v.  ǽdre.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wæter-ǽdre.” 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/34484.

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