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waier1 (s.xiii1)
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waier1 (s.xiii1)

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vaer,  vaier,  vayer;  waer,  wayer  
  FEW:  *wað 17,439a Gdf:  gaer 4,200a GdfC: ∅ TL: guäer 4,720 DEAF:  gué (gaer) G1543 DMF:  guéer  TLF:  guéer  OED:  wade v.  MED:  waden v.  DMLBS:  vadare 3582a

v.trans.

1 to wade through (water): 
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  les ewes […] ke gent a chival ne gent a pé ne porront waier sanz pont  vegetius2 61.23
2 livestockequit. to make (cattle, horses, etc.) wade through water: 
( s.xiii2 )  vado [quadrupedem]: je way  TLL ii 33
♦ livestockequit. to bathe (cattle, horses, etc.) by making them wade through water: 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Einz qu’il seent enbeverez. Mes au seir serrunt waez. Vayour i ad proprement, [...] Dunt les beofs e les chivaus sunt vaés, E de tutes autres bestes sunt lavez  BIBB ROTH (G) 908
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  Si est de la bowe par tant enbouwee, Il (=the horse) avereyt bien le mester de estre bien waee  BOZ Char 128

v.intrans.

livestockequit. (of cattle, horses) to wade through water: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Tu les (=sheep) veiz waer (var. (C: s.xiiim) waier ) (var. (P: c.1230-50) vair ) el mareis e la mer munte e tu ne te volz mettre en lur cuntre [...] ne els par cri de chastiement rapeler  Joshua Sermons ii 22

[KJ]

See also:

gué  waiour  waious 
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