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wæter-pyt

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wæter-pyt, wæter-pytt, es; m.
A water-pit, well
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  • Of ðam wege on ðone wæterpytt; of ðam pytte on dene,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 186, 19.
  • On ðone wæterpyt; of ðam wæterpyt, iii. 359, 15.
  • Heó geseah sumne wæterpytt

    videns puteum aquae,

      Gen. 21, 19.
  • Done wæterpytt

    puteum illum

    (cf. wyllspring, v. 7),
      16, 14.
  • Gif hwá ádelfe wæterpyt

    (cisternam,

      Ex. 21, 33),
    oþþe betýnedne ontýne, L. Alf. 22; Th. i. 50, 6.
  • Ofer ealle wæterpyttas

    super omnes lacus aquarum,

      Ex. 7, 19.
  • Hig dulfon wæterpyttas

    they dug for water,

      7, 24.
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  • wæter-pyt, n.