Ge-wǽtan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-wǽtan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-wǽtan
Substitute: To wet, moisten :-- Geuuéted madefacta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 73. Gehwéteð madefactum, 58, 49. (1) the subject a person :-- Foxes sina genim and on hunige gewǽt, Lch. i. 340, 17. Gedó on scearp eced, gewǽte swíðe, ii. 192, 19. Onsend Ladzarus ðætte hé gewǽte (intingat) his ýtemestan finger on wættre, Past. 309, 6. Stingendum miggan gewǽtte putenti lotio umectaretur, An. Ox. 3470. (2) the subject the moisture :-- Se ele feóll ofer þa brerdas þǽre bydene and gewǽtte (inundabat) þone flór, Gr. D. 160, 13. Streámas ... ná him gewǽttan fót þá hí on Iordane gengdan æfter abierunt in sicco flumina, Ps. Th. 104, 36. Strengas gurron, wǽdo gewǽtte, An. 375. ge-wætan
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