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ge-wǽtan

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Substitute: To wet, moisten
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  • Geuuéted

    madefacta,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 73.
  • Gehwéteð

    madefactum,

      58, 49.
the subject a person
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  • 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.
the subject the moisture
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  • 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.
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  • ge-wǽtan,