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wæter-þeóte

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wæter-þeóte, an; f.
A water-channel, conduit
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  • Wæterþeóte aquagium (aquagium aquaeductus, canalis, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 23 : canalis vel colimbus vel

    aquaeductus,

      61, 22.
  • Ðære heofenan wæterþeótan wǽron geopenode

    cataractae coeli apertae sunt.

      Gen. 7, 11 : 8, 2 : Homl. Th. i. 22, 4.
  • On stefne wæterþeótena ðínra

    in voce cataractarum tuarum,

      Ps. Lamb. 41, 8.
Etymology
[Weterþeotan of þer mycele niwelnisse, O. E. Homl. i. 225, 23. O. H. Ger. wazzar-dioza cataracta.]
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