Ofer-wadan

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

ofer-wadan

to cross by wading :--Ðá gebeótode Cirus ðæt hé his þegn on hire swá gewrecan wolde ðæt hié mehte wífmon be hiere cneówe ofer-wadan rex iratus ulcisci in amnem statuit, contestans eum feminis vix genua tingentibus permeabilem relinquendum, Ors. 2, 4 ; Swt. 72, 33. [O. H. Ger. ubar-watan pertransire.] ofer-wadan