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wæter-fæt

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
wæter-fæt, es; n.
A vessel for water, a water-pot
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  • Wæterfæt ydria, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 56 ; Zup. 68, 4 : ydria vel

    soriscula,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 12.
  • Ðæt wíf forlét hyre wæterfæt (

    hydriam

    ),
      Jn. Skt. 4, 28.
  • Ðǽr wǽron áset six stǽnene wæterfatu

    (hydriae),

      2, 6 : Homl. Th. ii. 56, 5, 21.
  • Ðá six wæterfatu getácnodon six ylda ðyssere worulde,

      58, 1.
  • Ðá hira wæterfatu fulle wǽron

    impletis canalibus,

      Ex. 2, 16.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. wazzar-faz hydria.]
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