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Wadan

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1 wadan

p. wód, pl. wódon; pp. waden To go, pass, proceed. I. of actual movement, (a) absolute :-- Wód wíges heard,... and wið ðæs beornes stóp, Byrht. Th. 135, 38; By. 130: 139, 13; By. 253. Brimmen wódon, 140, 29; By. 295. Ðá com hæleða þreát wadan, Andr. Kmbl. 2543; An. 1273. Gesión wadan wǽgflotan, Elen. Kmbl. 491; El. 246. (b) with prepositions :-- Hit ðurh hróf wadeþ, Salm. Kmbl. 824; Sal. 411. Ic wód ofer waþema gebind, Exon. Th. 287, 34; Wand. 24. Wægn ne be grunde wód, 404, 29; Rä. 23, 15. Hit ofer eall wód and eode, Nar. 15, 22. Ðæt feórðe cyn wód on wǽgstreám, Cd. Th. 197, 22; Exod. 311. Hé wód þurh ðone wælréc, Beo. Th. 5315; B. 2661. Hé wód under wolcnum, 1432; B. 714. Wódon wælwulfas west ofer Pantan, ofer scir wæter, Byrht. Th. 134, 38; By. 96. Ðis leóhte beorht cymeþ ofer misthleoþu wadan ofer wægas, Exon. Th. 350, 9; Sch. 61. Gewát him se æðeling wadan ofer wealdas, Cd. Th. 174, 30; Gen. 2886. On sǽ wadan, 51, 22; Gen. 830. Hé lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals, Byrht. Th. 135, 59; By. 140. (c) with acc. of the way traversed :-- Gé wadaþ wídlástas, Andr. Kmbl. 1353; An. 677. Hé wód (woð, MS.) geócrostne síð, Cd. Th. 254, 23; Dan. 616. Wadan wræclástas, 272, 17; Sat. 121: Exon. Th. 286, 23; Wand. 5. II. fig :-- Ða ðe on eallum ðingum wadaþ on hiora ágenne willan, and æfter hiora líchoman luste irnaþ, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 23. Ða men ðe on eallum þingum wadaþ on heora ágenum willan, and on heora lustum heora líf áspendaþ, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 239. Ðæt seó wyrd on ðínne willan wóde, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 19. [O. Frs. wada: O. H. Ger. watan: Icel. vaða.]
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Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Beo.
Beowulf
Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Sal.
Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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