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wæter-scipe

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wæter-scipe, es; m.
A body of water, a piece of water, water
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  • Gif hit beón mæg, swá sceal mynster beón gestaþelod, ðæt ealle neádbehéfe þing ðǽr binnan wunien, ðæt is wæterscipe, mylen, wyrtún

    (aqua, molendinum, ortus),

      R. Ben. 127, 5.
  • On ðære neáwiste næs nán wæterscipe. Jud. 15, 8.
  • Ðis is se wæterscipe, ðe ús God tó frófre gehét . . . ðæs wæterscipes welsprynge is on hefonríce,

      Past. 65 ; Swt. 467, 28.
  • Wæterscipes hús

    colimbus, i. aquaeductus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 56.
  • Ðá cwómon ðǽr scorpiones swá hié ǽr gewunelíce wǽron ðæs wæterscipes

    scorpiones consuetam petentes aquationem,

      Nar. 13, 11.
  • Ðæt monnum wǽre ðý éþre tó ðæm wæterscipe tó ganganne

    ut facilior aquatoribus esset accessus ad flumen,

      12, 20.
  • Wæs swíþe wynsum wǽta út flówende . . . Wæs ongeán ðyssum wæterscipe glæsen fæt,

      Blickl. Homl. 209, 4.
  • Wæs ðám gebróðrum micel frécednys tó ástígenne tó wæterscipe, and cómon tó ðam hálgan were biddende ðæt hé ða mynstra gehendor ðam wæterscipe timbrian sceolde,

      Homl. Th. ii. 160, 29-31.
  • Hé heora wæterscipe mid weardmannum besette

    constituit centenarios per singulos fontes,

    Anglia x.
      94, 172.
  • Ðone weterscype ðe hé into Níwan mynstre be ðes cinges leáfan geteáh,

      Chart. Th. 232, 3.
  • Hwalas . . . ða ðe lagostreámas, wæterscipe wecgaþ,

      Cd. Th. 240, 19; Dan. 389.
  • Úre Drihten gesceóp ealle wæterscypas and ða wídgillan sæ,

      Hexam. 4; Norm. 6, 24.
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  • wæter-scipe, n.