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Wright's OE grammar
§7; §54; §57; §292; §301; §302; §345;
Dele II, and add:
a bath for washing
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  • Bæþ (balnearum usus, baða brice,

      R. Ben. I. 68, 1
    ) þám untrumum swá oft swá hit framige; hálum and húru þám geongum sý seldor and lator getíðod,

      R. Ben. 60, 22.

  • v. pænningas tó beðe (= bæðe?)

    five pence for the expenses of the bath(?),

      Cht. Th. 509, 19.

  • On bæðe

    in thermas,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 76.

  • Hwæt wille ic má cwæðan be mete oððe be drince oððe be baðe (de balneis),

      Shrn. 183, 30.

  • Ꝥ hé ne cume on wearmum bæðe, ne on sóftum bedde,

      Ll. Th. ii. 280, 22.

  • Þolige hé cold bæð,

      284, 5.

  • Þǽr wǽron gehæfde háte baðu,

      Hml. Th. i. 86, 21: Hml. S. 2, 397: Ruin. 41: 46.

  • Baþa hý nǽfre brúcaþ for heora líchoman luste,

      R. Ben. 137, 9.

  • Æt baða gehwylcum,

      Ph. 110.

  • Baða

    thermarum,

      An. Ox. 2, 384.

  • Baþena,

      4777.

  • Baþu wið blǽce,

      Lch. ii. 8, 2.

  • Wyrc baþo,

      68, 3.
of baptism:--
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  • 'Gif gé willað áþwegene beón ðý hálwendan wylle fullwihtes bæðes (fonte salutari) . . . Gif gé lífes bæð (lauacrum uitae) oferhicgeaþ . . .' 'Wé ne willað on ðæt bæð (fontem) gangan,'

    • Bd. 2, 5
      • ;
    • Sch. 134, 13-19.

  • Hí hiene bǽdon ryhtes geleáfan and fulwihtes bæðes

    they asked him for the true faith and baptism,

    • Ors. 6, 34
      • ;
    • S. 290, 27.

  • Hraþe þæs þe hí of þám fulwihtes bæþe eóde, þá fæstte hé,

      Bl. H. 27, 24.

  • Onfón fullwihtes bæð,

      An. 1642: El. 490.
of the sea,
the bath of fish or sea-fowl:--
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  • Ofer fisces bæð

    across the sea,

      An. 293: Rún. 16.

  • Ofer ganotes bæð,

      25: B. 1861: Edg. 46.
of immersion that is intended to torment.
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v. baþian
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  • Sé hét áfyllan áne cyfe mid weallendum ele . . hé (John) ungewemmed of ðám hátum bæðe eóde,

      Hml. Th. i. 58, 29.

  • Baðe,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 20.

  • Belúcan on byrnendum baðe,

      Shrn. 150, 1.
of blood poured out (cf.Ger. blut-bad)
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  • Him heortan blód, famig flódes bæð, foldan geséceð,

      Sal. 157.
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v. ælmes-, heáfod-, stán-, stuf-bæþ.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bæþ.” 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/39461.

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