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wǽðan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wǽðan, p. de
To hunt
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  • Ic wiht (

    a rake

    ) geseah . . . seó ðæt feoh fédeþ, hafaþ fela tóþa . . . wǽþeþ geond weallas, wyrte séceþ aa.
      Exon. Th. 416, 27 ; Rä. 35, 5.
  • Winde gelícost, ðonne hé hlúd ástígeþ, wǽðeþ be wolcnum,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2545; El. 1274.
  • Brim wíde wǽðde, wælfæðmum sweóp,

      Cd. Th. 208, 8; Exod. 480.
  • Hwæþer gé willen wǽþan mid hundum on sealtne sǽ (cf. hwæþer gé eówer hundas út on sǽ lǽdon, ðonne gé huntian willaþ,

      Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 14), Met. 19, 15.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. weidón venari, errare, pascere; Icel. veiða to hunt.]
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