Wæterian
Słownik Anglo-Saski Staroangielski Boswortha i Tollera - wæterian
Zgodnie ze Słownikiem Staroangielskim:
- wæterian
- p. ode To water, supply with water, (1) to water animals, give drink to living creatures :-- Hé wæterode hig adaquavit eos, Ps. Spl. 77, 18. Hé wæterode hire heorde adaquavit gregem, Gen. 29, 10. Hí heora orf wæterodon refectis gregibus, 29, 3. Orf wæterian, Ex. 2, 16. Oxan wæterian, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 1. Ðá hét ic wætrigan úre hors and úre niéteno, Nar. 12, 12. Tó wætranne, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 15 : p. 8, 15. (2) to water plants :-- Se man ðe plantaþ wyrta, hé hí wæteraþ, Homl. Th. i. 304, 26. Sumu treówu hé watrode, Past. 40; Swt. 293, 4. (3) to water land, to irrigate :-- Hé land wæteraþ arua rigat, Scint. 118, 14. Ða feówer eán ealne ðisne embhwyrft wæteriaþ, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 177. Án wyll ásprang of ðære eorðan wætriende (irrigans) ealre ðære eorðan brádnysse . . . Ðæt flód . . . tó wætrienne (ad irrigandum) neorxena wang, Gen. 2, 6, 10. [Cf. Icel. vatna to water.]