wadev.

Brit.

/weɪd/, U.S.

/weɪd/

Forms: Past tense and participle waded. Forms: Old English wadan, Middle English–1500s Scottish waid, vaid, vayd, 1700s Scottish wide, 1500s waade, Middle English– wade. past tense Old English wód, Middle English wode, (Middle English woude), Middle English–1500s wod, 1500s Scottish woed, woide, woyd; 1500s– waded. past participle Middle English waad, wad, 1700s Scottish wid, 1600s wade, 1500s– waded.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: A Common Germanic (originally strong) verb (not recorded in Gothic): Old English wadan (also gewadan), past tense wód, plural *wódon, past participle *gewaden, corresponding to Old Frisian wada strong verb (West Frisian wâdzje weak, North Frisian waar strong, to wade), Middle Dutch waeden strong, later weak (Dutch waden weak) to wade, Middle Low German waden strong and weak (Low German waden, waen weak) to wade, Old High German watan strong, to go, press forward, wade (Middle High German, modern German waten weak, to wade), Old Norse vaða strong, to go through, wade (Norwegian vada, vadda, vaa strong, Swedish vada, Danish vade weak, to wade), < Old Germanic *wađ-: *wōđ- < pre-Germanic *wādh- = Latin vādĕre to go, proceed, walk. The root, which occurs only in Germanic and Latin, is represented also by the noun Old English wæd, Old Norse vað, Latin vadum (neuter) ford, shallow water.The modern English specific sense, ‘to walk in water’, though prominent in the other Germanic languages, is not recorded in Old English (unless perhaps in the compound oferwadan overwade v.). In Old English the verb is almost confined to poetical use. The strong inflection became obsolete in the 16th cent.

1. intransitive. To go (physically).

†a. Of persons and animals: To go, advance, move onward; chiefly, to go over or through something. Obsolete.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)]

wadeOE

agoOE

forthganga1000

forthgoOE

syeOE

kenc1275

to-stepc1275

vaunce1303

forthnima1325

passc1330

throc1330

forthpass1382

to pass forthc1384

to carry forthc1390

proceedc1392

to go alongc1400

to be forthwardc1430

get) groundc1436

to set onc1450

avauntc1460

pretend1481

to make way1490

advance?1507

to get forward1523

promove1570

to rid ground (also space)1572

to rid (the) way1581

progressa1586

to gather grounda1593

to make forth1594

to make on1597

to work up1603

perge1607

to work one's (also its) way1609

to pass on1611

to gain ground1625

to make its way1645

vadea1660

propagate1700

to gain one's way1777

further1789

to pull up1829

on1840

to make (up) ground1921

OE Andreas (1932) 1271 Ða com hæleða þreat to ðære dimman ding, duguð unlytel, wadan wælgifre weorodes brehtme.

OE Beowulf 2661 Wod þa þurh þone wælrec.

a1400 Alexius (Laud 622) 548 Alexius fer and ner gan wade, For nouȝth wolde he spare.

c1480 (a1400) St. Margaret 250 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 54 Þi mawmentis..gerris in hel þare makaris wad.

c1480 (a1400) St. Placidus 750 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 90 As he towart me cuth wad, a gredy wolf hynt me.

1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline i. 85 You maie send certaine rankes of Pikes vnto the Front towards the enimie, which shall wade through to strengthen the battaile.

1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iv. sig. Z3 Farewell..Steepy wayes by which I waded, And those Trugs with which I traded.

†b. Of inanimate things, esp. of a weapon: To go through, to penetrate into something. Obsolete.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > penetrate

wade993

smitec1275

reachc1300

piercea1325

sinkc1330

enterc1350

soundc1374

thirl1398

racea1420

takea1425

penetrate1530

penetre?1533

ransack1562

strike1569

thread1670

raze1677

perforate1769

spit1850

riddle1856

993 Battle of Maldon 157 Ord in gewod.

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. 69/51 Þe harde scourgene in is tendre flechs deope gonne wade.

c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2645 He..bi þe shu[l]dre blade þe sharpe swerd let wade þorw the brest unto þe herte.

13.. Northern Passion II. 138/1210a Þe þornes wode in his flesse.

c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 504 Whan myght is ioyned vn-to crueltee Allas to depe wol the venym wade.

c1400 Rowland & O. 478 Thurgh the horse schuldirs the swerde gan wade.

†2.

a. figurative. To go (in action, thought, or discourse); to proceed. Obsolete.Often difficult to distinguish from 3c, in which it ultimately merged.

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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)]

wadec1374

passc1387

proceeda1393

followa1400

to pass ona1400

to get forward1523

pace1597

step1599

to get on1655

to get along1768

to tide one's way1827

to come along1844

press1870

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 150 They..gonnen wade In meny an uncouthe glad and depe matere, As freendes don, whan they ben met yfere.

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. 5762 I holde hym eke vnable To ben acceptid..Whan þat her tonge wadeth on þe lye.

c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine 1624 What wil ȝe ferthere in this mater wade?

c1535 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (E.E.T.S.) 441 To reherse his reasons, and so waade in this matter with them, it were inough for an holle daye.

?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iii. sig. Cviij^v Lucifer I made, So hyghly to wade, To God he wolde be equall.

1549 H. Latimer 1st Serm. before Kynges Grace sig. Av I might seme..to take this parte of scripture, because I woulde wade eassily awaye there wyth, and driue my matter at my pleasure.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 877 Which secret Serpent caused their furie to wade farther then reason could retract or restrayne.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxv. 441 Well may mans skill wade into Weekes and monethes; but considering the vncertaintie of worldly matters, it can neuer wade into yeeres.

1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. H.4 Thy grace extend to guide my feete, least I should wade awry.

1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence vi. 156 Martin Luther wadeth further, and wil haue England also to bee a parte of Germanie.

1616 King James VI & I Speach Starre-chamber 20 June D 2 That which concernes the mysterie of the Kings power, is not lawfull to be disputed, for that is to wade into the weakenesse of Princes.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. M3^v If this out world continually hath wade Through a long long-spun time.

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie iii. 279 I..have sufficiently waded in this various..Doctrine.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 39 I shall not wade further into this Controversie.

1709 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 381 Thus far I have waded thro' some parts of his conduct in relation to the Proprietor.

†b. To ‘go’, be (in a certain condition), ‘go about’ (in certain attire). Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way

wade1576

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > be or remain in specific state or condition [verb (intransitive)] > be habitually in a state or condition

goOE

walkc1250

movea1382

wade1576

1576 A. Fleming tr. P. Manutius in Panoplie Epist. 335 In the want of which two thinges you doe not wade, as wise men hould opinion.

1593 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Essex (Camden) Introd. p. xii Husbandmen..who wade in the weedes of gentlemen.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. x. sig. K5^v My hart gan throb, And wade in doubt, what best were to be donne.

†c. to wade out of: to escape from. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)]

atwendOE

atwindc1000

overfleeOE

to come out of ——lOE

atstertc1220

atbreak?c1225

aschapea1300

scapea1300

aslipc1325

escape1340

atscapea1350

astartc1374

to wade out ofc1386

starta1400

withscapea1400

withslipa1400

atwapec1400

to get out of ——a1470

evite1503

outstart1513

to get from ——1530

rid1615

skip1630

c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 440 But lat us waden out of this matere.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxxviii [cxxiv]. 363 Therby shall you wade out of all sclaundre.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xcj Not withstandyng it waded out of all these daungers at the length [L. et tamen ex his omnibus malis emersisse tandem].

†d. To continue discussion with a person. Obsolete.

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the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)]

yedc888

speak971

rounda1200

talka1225

tevela1225

intercommunec1374

fable1382

parlec1400

reason?c1425

communique?1473

devise1477

cutc1525

wade1527

enterparle1536

discourse1550

to hold one chat, with chat, in chat1573

parley1576

purpose1590

dialogue1595

commerce1596

dialoguize1596

communicate1598

propose1600

dialogize1601

converse1615

tella1616

interlocute1621

interparle1791

conversate1811

colloquize1823

conversationize1826

colloque1850

visit1862

colloquy1868

to make conversation1921

1527 T. Wolsey in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 203 And thus, wading further with the said Ambassadour, he shewed unto me, that [etc.].

1539 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 176 Further wading with hym, he hath shewed unto me that [etc.].

1540 King Henry VIII in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VIII. 362 That you shall likewise wade with the sayde Ambassadour of Portugall, to fynde out the very auctours of his saynges.

1546 in State Papers Henry VIII (1852) XI. 109 This I tell you..to thintent that before yow shall to farre wade wyth him in your instructions, you may [etc.].

1568 Sir F. Knollys in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 245 Thus farr I waded with hyr Grace to make hyr cawse disputable, but whan I sawe hyr tears, I forbayre to prosequte myn objection.

(a) To walk through water or any liquid or soft substance which impedes motion. Formerly often, to pass over a river, etc., on foot (now rare). Phrase, to wade (up) to (the knees, armpits, etc.).

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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > through a liquid

wadec1220

swalter?a1400

paddle1530

dabble1611

squash1671

slush1853

sqush1929

society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > through liquid or mud

wadec1220

waselc1394

ford1675

slunk1728

slop1783

plodge1787

spatter1806

slutch1821

slumper1829

squelch1849

slush1853

splodge1896

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) ii. iv. 43 Ða gebeotode Cirus..þæt hie mehte wifmon be hiere cneowe oferwadan, þær heo ær wæs nigon mila brad.]

c1220 Bestiary 357 Oc on swimmeð bi-forn, and alle ðe oðre foleȝen, weðer so he swimmeð er he wadeð.

c1305 Land Cokaygne 179 Seuen yearis in swineis dritte He mot wade..up to þe chynne.

c1307 Song on Exec. Sir S. Fraser 100 in Wright Pol. Songs (Camden) 217 He wod into the water his feren him bysyde to adrenche.

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vi. 58 Wadeþ in þat water, wasscheþ ow wel þere.

c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 376 He [sc. Cirus] made that the ryuer was so smal That wommen myghte wade it ouer al.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 234 This Geant..tok this ladi up alofte..And in the flode began to wade.

c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 7262 Men myght with-Inne a wyle wade A-mong the hors vp to the hamme.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. xxvi. 156 He drofe hym in to a water but the gyant was soo hyghe that he myghte not wade after hym.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 388 He weill our woude, Bot till his throt the vattir stude.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 356 Till at the last he fand a place, That men mycht to thair schulderis vaid [1489 Adv. wad].

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. xiii. 23 The hydduus Oryon Quhen he on fute woyd throu the mekle see.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cliv. 587 Huon and the duches waded to the londe.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 770/1 The ryver is nat so depe as you take it, for a man may wade it over.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 230 They were forced to wade a great way vp to the knees in water.

1662 R. Venables Experienc'd Angler x. 99 In small Brooks you may angle upwards, or else in great Rivers you must wade.

1684 W. Hedges Diary 4 Sept. (1887) I. 159 The Waters were risen so high that men waded to their middle in most of the Streets.

1727 P. Longueville Hermit 3 Finding it..but Breast high, we..waded to the other side.

1728 A. Ramsay Epist. to W. Starrat 30 Aft have I wid thro' glens with chorking feet, When neither plaid nor kelt could fend the weet.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ix. 222 Through a deep and muddy lane, he at length waded on to the place.

1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. xiii. 293 A rill of water, through which we were compelled to wade as high as the knee.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvi. 215 The men wading through the snow appeared as if climbing up a wall.

1884 Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 307 Pilgrims, wading knee deep in the river mud, walk round the holy city in sun-wise circuit.

1894 J. Payn Gleams of Memory 99 The gentlemen waded and carried the ladies on their shoulders.

indirect passivea1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. xlvii. 5 The depe watris of the stronde hadden wexe greet, that mai not be waad ouer [1382 be ouer wad].1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. cxciii. sig. I v What is to be done when waters can not be waded ouer.1672 J. Lacey tr. A. Tacquet Mil. Archit. x. 21 in T. Venn Mil. & Maritine Discipline ii It cannot be less than six feet, otherwise a wet Ditch might be waded over.

(b) transferred (in nonce-uses).

ΚΠ

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 787 Þe walle wod in þe water wonderly depe.

1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop 255 The Edgar..was blown up..after wading through those hazardous Seas that we had just arrived from.

b. in figurative context, esp. to wade through blood, slaughter, etc.

ΚΠ

c1400 Rom. Rose 5022 To wynne the Ioy that is eterne, Fro which go bakward youthe hir made, In vanite to droune and wade.

1463 G. Ashby Poems ii. 46 For I cannat swym, I stand on the brynk Wadyng no forther, but as crist Iesus Sendith me konnyng.

1591 J. Harington Briefe Apol. Poetrie in tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso sig. ¶vj^v As one writes very pretily, that children do wade in Virgill, and yet strong men do swim in it.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvii. 176 They had..a sea of comfort and ioy to wade in.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 136 I am in blood Stept in so farre, that should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go ore.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 21 I will carry you along to wade through that Acheldama,..when the Dogge-star..of Persecution so raged.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. i. 3 To encourage a man, who is to wade into her favour, (this was his expression) thro' the blood of her brother.

1751 T. Gray Elegy xvii. 8 To wade through slaughter to a throne.

1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xvi. 150 When France..went back for a time to the old form of legitimate monarchy which she had waded through seas of blood to destroy.

c. figurative. (Now chiefly, to go through a tedious task, a long or uninteresting book.)

ΚΠ

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) i. sig. Aiv^v/2 It is peryllouse..to wade depe in thyse materes of dyuynyte.

?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye iii. sig. i7^v Me thinketh also that he wadeth to depe to descende to purgatorye by this texte.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxv. xi. 232 Since we are waded so far into the deepe secrets of Physicke.

a1639 T. Dekker et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) i. ii. 12 On every side I am distracted: Am waded deeper into mischief, then vertue can avoid. But on I must.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. Pref. The griping critic..wades through massive volumes in search of faults.

1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xvii. 99 Six-pence a day for the pleasure of wading through 16 columns of dull lies!

1809 Brougham Contrib. Edinb. Rev. (1856) II. 300 From the large mass of matter through which we have been obliged to wade,..we have selected the publications mentioned in the title.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona ii. 20 I warn you that you're wading deep. I wouldn't put myself in your place.

1907 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2 reissued) I. 375 Wading through the endless tangle of their accounts.

†d. To persevere under difficulties.Apparently an isolated use.

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the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > persevere or persist [verb (intransitive)]

continuec1340

perseverec1380

stick1447

to rub on1469

to stick unto ——1529

persist1531

to make it tougha1549

whilea1617

subsist1632

to rub along1668

let the world rub1677

dog1692

wade1714

to stem one's course1826

to stick in1853

to hang on1860

to worry along1871

to stay the course1885

slug1943

to slug it out1943

to bash on1950

to soldier on1954

to keep on trucking1972

1714 in Jrnl. Friends' Hist. Soc. (1918) 29 We found the Exercise of the day heavy enough to wade under.

e. to wade in: to make a vigorous or concerted attack on one's opponent; to intervene, esp. vocally; to wade into (colloquial, originally U.S.): to assail or confront energetically.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)]

onreseeOE

onslayc1275

entera1425

to be upon (also on) a person's jack1588

endeavour?1589

to fall aboard1591

to let fly1611

strikea1616

to lift (up) the hand(s, (occasionally one's arm)1655

to fall on board (of)1658

tilt1708

to walk into ——1794

to run in1815

to peg it1834

to sail in1856

to wade in1863

to light in1868

to roll into ——1888

to make for ——1893

the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin an action or fall to doing something > resolutely or vigorously

to sit in1736

strap1823

to get down1826

tackle1841

to buckle down (to)1865

to bite on1904

to wade into1904

to get stuck into1910

to get one's teeth into1935

to sink one's teeth into1935

to get stuck in1938

to get to grips with1947

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > in unwelcome or unwarranted manner

pressc1390

poach?1536

shovel1540

encroach1555

intrude1573

obtrude1579

wedge1631

interlope1775

to butt in1899

to wade in1905

horn1912

muscle1928

chisel1936

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > act in another's business or intervene [verb (intransitive)]

to step in1474

to go (etc.) between the bark and the tree1546

to make in1575

intermediate1610

interposea1616

to put in1631

intervene1646

to strike ina1715

to wade in1905

1863 B. Harte in U.S. Sanitary Commission Bull. (1864) I. vii. 201/1 Phrases such as camps may teach... Such as ‘Bully!’ ‘Them's the peach!’ ‘Wade in, Sanitary!

1872 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-master i. 15 You can jist roll up and wade in.

1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities Speech Mississippi 66 Wade into. One man is said to wade into another when he attacks him very vigorously with either fist or tongue. This phrase is used by all classes.

1904 J. London Let. 17 Nov. (1966) 165 The lawyers..waded into me good and hard for the cash.

1905 N.Y. Evening Post 2 Sept. When a herd of sheep wades in on a patch of bluebells, they stand still and eat all day.

1928 Daily Express 30 July 13/6 Though severely punished by Pattenden's lefts to the face he repeatedly waded in.

1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night ii. 33 I don't stop to think... I just wade right in and ask for what I want.

1952 E. F. Davies Illyrian Venture vi. 104 Luckily the Germans had not known how easily they could have waded into us.

1967 N. Marsh Death at Dolphin v. 125 Don't let it give you a moment's pause... Just you wade in to Conducis.

1976 Sun 11 Mar. 11/4 Miss Georgina Burton..waded in with her shopping bag and chased the gang away.

1984 J. Barnes Flaubert's Parrot x. 132 The writer must wade into life as into the sea, but only up to the navel.

4. transferred. Of the sun or moon: To move (apparently) through clouds or mist; to be clouded. Chiefly Scottish and northern.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > move [verb (intransitive)] > specific

runOE

yernc1055

wadea1400

roll?a1500

ridea1586

trepidate1623

a1400–50 Wars Alex. 4141 Þe son wadis..& þe wedire gloumes.

1646 J. Trapp Brief Comm. John xviii. 23, 121 We must, when aspersed, labour as the eclipsed Moon, by keeping our motion, to wade out of the shadow.

1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 18 After the Moon had waded through the dark shadow of the Earth..the two Companies marched on.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i The sun was wading thro' the mist.

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf iii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 54 The moon..was, in the phrase of that country, wading or struggling with clouds.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 293 When the sun is more or less obscured,..and when he is said to be wading in the cloud, rain may come.

1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy II. xiv. 247 The pale light of a crescent moon wading among the black and lowering clouds.

5. transitive. To walk through (water, etc.). †Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > walk through liquid

overwadeeOE

wadea1400

ankle1949

society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > through liquid

overwadeeOE

wadea1400

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8964 Sco lift hir skirt..And barfote wode sco þat burn.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 760 The mekill mos..That wes so hydwis for till waid.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Paddock & Mouse l. 2814 in Poems (1981) 104 Thocht the brym be perrillous to waid.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. x. 31 Nor the deip see Ionium, for all his hycht, Ne mycht he waid equallie ws to arest.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xviij The Englishmen in the forefront waded the dyche.

?1551 Sessions against Gardiner in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 849/2 Whiche was he sayde, a matter that he hadde diligently waded auncient authors bothe Greeke and Latine for.

1579 G. Fenton tr. Guicciardini Hist. (1599) x. 437 Three thousand footmen..afterwardes waded the foord of Myncia.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VII xiii. 71 The Danube could not well be waded.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 291 Our guide..made a detour into the mountains to avoid wading the stream.

1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 20 For wading the bars he uses a much longer rod.

in extended use.a1891 W. Morris Poems by Way 122 When we wade the tangled wood.

6. To cause (a horse) to walk through water.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > ride (a horse) through water

wade1802

1802 A. E. Bray Jrnl. in Descr. Part Devonshire (1836) I. xv. 262 Hence we again waded to our horses.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	wade
释义	† waden.¹ Etymology: = Middle Low German wade, Middle High German, modern German wate (feminine), seine; compare Old Norse vað-r (masculine), fishing-line, Swedish vad (masculine), Norwegian vad neuter, Danish vod seine. Obsolete. Some kind of fishing net. Also wade-net. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > other nets Peter netc1280 flue1388 wade1388 stalker1389 shove-net1418 trod-net1523 butt1533 web1533 fagnet1558 seur1558 trimnet1558 trollnet1558 pot-net1584 treat net1584 weir-net1585 hagan1630 henbilt1630 rugnet1630 basket-net1652 landing-net1653 stream-net1662 wolf1725 ram's horn1792 gill net1795 wolf-net1819 trap-net1856 forewheel1861 stow-net1871 lave net1875 kettle-bail1881 beating-net1883 keeve-net1883 net basin1883 wing-neta1884 trap-seine1891 lead-net1910 ghost net1959 1388–9 Acc. Obedientiars Abingdon (Camden) 57 j rete vocatum wade et j flowe, cum alio rete vocato chanenet. 1630 Order in R. Griffiths Ess. Jurisdict. Thames (1746) 75 Nor shall fish..except with a Wade Net for Bait only. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). waden.² Brit. /weɪd/, U.S. /weɪd/ Etymology: < wade v. rare. An act of wading. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking through liquid wading1487 wade1665 paddle1866 paddling1884 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking through liquid or mud > an act of wade1665 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 166 It is a dear wade, when your Life lies upon the last Stake. 1904 Daily Chron. 7 May 5/2 The Japanese..have already begun to erect piers so as to avoid the necessity of that long wade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wadev. Brit. /weɪd/, U.S. /weɪd/ Forms: Past tense and participle waded. Forms: Old English wadan, Middle English–1500s Scottish waid, vaid, vayd, 1700s Scottish wide, 1500s waade, Middle English– wade. past tense Old English wód, Middle English wode, (Middle English woude), Middle English–1500s wod, 1500s Scottish woed, woide, woyd; 1500s– waded. past participle Middle English waad, wad, 1700s Scottish wid, 1600s wade, 1500s– waded. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: A Common Germanic (originally strong) verb (not recorded in Gothic): Old English wadan (also gewadan), past tense wód, plural wódon, past participle gewaden, corresponding to Old Frisian wada strong verb (West Frisian wâdzje weak, North Frisian waar strong, to wade), Middle Dutch waeden strong, later weak (Dutch waden weak) to wade, Middle Low German waden strong and weak (Low German waden, waen weak) to wade, Old High German watan strong, to go, press forward, wade (Middle High German, modern German waten weak, to wade), Old Norse vaða strong, to go through, wade (Norwegian vada, vadda, vaa strong, Swedish vada, Danish vade weak, to wade), < Old Germanic wađ-: wōđ- < pre-Germanic wādh- = Latin vādĕre* to go, proceed, walk. The root, which occurs only in Germanic and Latin, is represented also by the noun Old English wæd, Old Norse vað, Latin vadum (neuter) ford, shallow water.The modern English specific sense, ‘to walk in water’, though prominent in the other Germanic languages, is not recorded in Old English (unless perhaps in the compound oferwadan overwade v.). In Old English the verb is almost confined to poetical use. The strong inflection became obsolete in the 16th cent. 1. intransitive. To go (physically). †a. Of persons and animals: To go, advance, move onward; chiefly, to go over or through something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] wadeOE agoOE forthganga1000 forthgoOE syeOE kenc1275 to-stepc1275 vaunce1303 forthnima1325 passc1330 throc1330 forthpass1382 to pass forthc1384 to carry forthc1390 proceedc1392 to go alongc1400 to be forthwardc1430 get) groundc1436 to set onc1450 avauntc1460 pretend1481 to make way1490 advance?1507 to get forward1523 promove1570 to rid ground (also space)1572 to rid (the) way1581 progressa1586 to gather grounda1593 to make forth1594 to make on1597 to work up1603 perge1607 to work one's (also its) way1609 to pass on1611 to gain ground1625 to make its way1645 vadea1660 propagate1700 to gain one's way1777 further1789 to pull up1829 on1840 to make (up) ground1921 OE Andreas (1932) 1271 Ða com hæleða þreat to ðære dimman ding, duguð unlytel, wadan wælgifre weorodes brehtme. OE Beowulf 2661 Wod þa þurh þone wælrec. a1400 Alexius (Laud 622) 548 Alexius fer and ner gan wade, For nouȝth wolde he spare. c1480 (a1400) St. Margaret 250 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 54 Þi mawmentis..gerris in hel þare makaris wad. c1480 (a1400) St. Placidus 750 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 90 As he towart me cuth wad, a gredy wolf hynt me. 1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline i. 85 You maie send certaine rankes of Pikes vnto the Front towards the enimie, which shall wade through to strengthen the battaile. 1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iv. sig. Z3 Farewell..Steepy wayes by which I waded, And those Trugs with which I traded. †b. Of inanimate things, esp. of a weapon: To go through, to penetrate into something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > penetrate wade993 smitec1275 reachc1300 piercea1325 sinkc1330 enterc1350 soundc1374 thirl1398 racea1420 takea1425 penetrate1530 penetre?1533 ransack1562 strike1569 thread1670 raze1677 perforate1769 spit1850 riddle1856 993 Battle of Maldon 157 Ord in gewod. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. 69/51 Þe harde scourgene in is tendre flechs deope gonne wade. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2645 He..bi þe shu[l]dre blade þe sharpe swerd let wade þorw the brest unto þe herte. 13.. Northern Passion II. 138/1210a Þe þornes wode in his flesse. c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 504 Whan myght is ioyned vn-to crueltee Allas to depe wol the venym wade. c1400 Rowland & O. 478 Thurgh the horse schuldirs the swerde gan wade. †2. a. figurative. To go (in action, thought, or discourse); to proceed. Obsolete.Often difficult to distinguish from 3c, in which it ultimately merged. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] wadec1374 passc1387 proceeda1393 followa1400 to pass ona1400 to get forward1523 pace1597 step1599 to get on1655 to get along1768 to tide one's way1827 to come along1844 press1870 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 150 They..gonnen wade In meny an uncouthe glad and depe matere, As freendes don, whan they ben met yfere. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. 5762 I holde hym eke vnable To ben acceptid..Whan þat her tonge wadeth on þe lye. c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine 1624 What wil ȝe ferthere in this mater wade? c1535 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (E.E.T.S.) 441 To reherse his reasons, and so waade in this matter with them, it were inough for an holle daye. ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iii. sig. Cviij^v Lucifer I made, So hyghly to wade, To God he wolde be equall. 1549 H. Latimer 1st Serm. before Kynges Grace sig. Av I might seme..to take this parte of scripture, because I woulde wade eassily awaye there wyth, and driue my matter at my pleasure. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 877 Which secret Serpent caused their furie to wade farther then reason could retract or restrayne. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxv. 441 Well may mans skill wade into Weekes and monethes; but considering the vncertaintie of worldly matters, it can neuer wade into yeeres. 1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. H.4 Thy grace extend to guide my feete, least I should wade awry. 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence vi. 156 Martin Luther wadeth further, and wil haue England also to bee a parte of Germanie. 1616 King James VI & I Speach Starre-chamber 20 June D 2 That which concernes the mysterie of the Kings power, is not lawfull to be disputed, for that is to wade into the weakenesse of Princes. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. M3^v If this out world continually hath wade Through a long long-spun time. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie iii. 279 I..have sufficiently waded in this various..Doctrine. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 39 I shall not wade further into this Controversie. 1709 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 381 Thus far I have waded thro' some parts of his conduct in relation to the Proprietor. †b. To ‘go’, be (in a certain condition), ‘go about’ (in certain attire). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way wade1576 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > be or remain in specific state or condition [verb (intransitive)] > be habitually in a state or condition goOE walkc1250 movea1382 wade1576 1576 A. Fleming tr. P. Manutius in Panoplie Epist. 335 In the want of which two thinges you doe not wade, as wise men hould opinion. 1593 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Essex (Camden) Introd. p. xii Husbandmen..who wade in the weedes of gentlemen. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. x. sig. K5^v My hart gan throb, And wade in doubt, what best were to be donne. View more context for this quotation †c. to wade out of: to escape from. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] atwendOE atwindc1000 overfleeOE to come out of ——lOE atstertc1220 atbreak?c1225 aschapea1300 scapea1300 aslipc1325 escape1340 atscapea1350 astartc1374 to wade out ofc1386 starta1400 withscapea1400 withslipa1400 atwapec1400 to get out of ——a1470 evite1503 outstart1513 to get from ——1530 rid1615 skip1630 c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 440 But lat us waden out of this matere. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxxviii [cxxiv]. 363 Therby shall you wade out of all sclaundre. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xcj Not withstandyng it waded out of all these daungers at the length [L. et tamen ex his omnibus malis emersisse tandem]. †d. To continue discussion with a person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] yedc888 speak971 rounda1200 talka1225 tevela1225 intercommunec1374 fable1382 parlec1400 reason?c1425 communique?1473 devise1477 cutc1525 wade1527 enterparle1536 discourse1550 to hold one chat, with chat, in chat1573 parley1576 purpose1590 dialogue1595 commerce1596 dialoguize1596 communicate1598 propose1600 dialogize1601 converse1615 tella1616 interlocute1621 interparle1791 conversate1811 colloquize1823 conversationize1826 colloque1850 visit1862 colloquy1868 to make conversation1921 1527 T. Wolsey in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 203 And thus, wading further with the said Ambassadour, he shewed unto me, that [etc.]. 1539 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 176 Further wading with hym, he hath shewed unto me that [etc.]. 1540 King Henry VIII in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VIII. 362 That you shall likewise wade with the sayde Ambassadour of Portugall, to fynde out the very auctours of his saynges. 1546 in State Papers Henry VIII (1852) XI. 109 This I tell you..to thintent that before yow shall to farre wade wyth him in your instructions, you may [etc.]. 1568 Sir F. Knollys in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 245 Thus farr I waded with hyr Grace to make hyr cawse disputable, but whan I sawe hyr tears, I forbayre to prosequte myn objection. 3. a. (a) To walk through water or any liquid or soft substance which impedes motion. Formerly often, to pass over a river, etc., on foot (now rare). Phrase, to wade (up) to (the knees, armpits, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > through a liquid wadec1220 swalter?a1400 paddle1530 dabble1611 squash1671 slush1853 sqush1929 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > through liquid or mud wadec1220 waselc1394 ford1675 slunk1728 slop1783 plodge1787 spatter1806 slutch1821 slumper1829 squelch1849 slush1853 splodge1896 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) ii. iv. 43 Ða gebeotode Cirus..þæt hie mehte wifmon be hiere cneowe oferwadan, þær heo ær wæs nigon mila brad.] c1220 Bestiary 357 Oc on swimmeð bi-forn, and alle ðe oðre foleȝen, weðer so he swimmeð er he wadeð. c1305 Land Cokaygne 179 Seuen yearis in swineis dritte He mot wade..up to þe chynne. c1307 Song on Exec. Sir S. Fraser 100 in Wright Pol. Songs (Camden) 217 He wod into the water his feren him bysyde to adrenche. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vi. 58 Wadeþ in þat water, wasscheþ ow wel þere. c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 376 He [sc. Cirus] made that the ryuer was so smal That wommen myghte wade it ouer al. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 234 This Geant..tok this ladi up alofte..And in the flode began to wade. c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 7262 Men myght with-Inne a wyle wade A-mong the hors vp to the hamme. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. xxvi. 156 He drofe hym in to a water but the gyant was soo hyghe that he myghte not wade after hym. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 388 He weill our woude, Bot till his throt the vattir stude. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 356 Till at the last he fand a place, That men mycht to thair schulderis vaid [1489 Adv. wad]. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. xiii. 23 The hydduus Oryon Quhen he on fute woyd throu the mekle see. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cliv. 587 Huon and the duches waded to the londe. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 770/1 The ryver is nat so depe as you take it, for a man may wade it over. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 230 They were forced to wade a great way vp to the knees in water. 1662 R. Venables Experienc'd Angler x. 99 In small Brooks you may angle upwards, or else in great Rivers you must wade. 1684 W. Hedges Diary 4 Sept. (1887) I. 159 The Waters were risen so high that men waded to their middle in most of the Streets. 1727 P. Longueville Hermit 3 Finding it..but Breast high, we..waded to the other side. 1728 A. Ramsay Epist. to W. Starrat 30 Aft have I wid thro' glens with chorking feet, When neither plaid nor kelt could fend the weet. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ix. 222 Through a deep and muddy lane, he at length waded on to the place. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. xiii. 293 A rill of water, through which we were compelled to wade as high as the knee. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvi. 215 The men wading through the snow appeared as if climbing up a wall. 1884 Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 307 Pilgrims, wading knee deep in the river mud, walk round the holy city in sun-wise circuit. 1894 J. Payn Gleams of Memory 99 The gentlemen waded and carried the ladies on their shoulders. indirect passivea1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. xlvii. 5 The depe watris of the stronde hadden wexe greet, that mai not be waad ouer [1382 be ouer wad].1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. cxciii. sig. I v What is to be done when waters can not be waded ouer.1672 J. Lacey tr. A. Tacquet Mil. Archit. x. 21 in T. Venn Mil. & Maritine Discipline ii It cannot be less than six feet, otherwise a wet Ditch might be waded over. (b) transferred (in nonce-uses). ΚΠ c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 787 Þe walle wod in þe water wonderly depe. 1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop 255 The Edgar..was blown up..after wading through those hazardous Seas that we had just arrived from. b. in figurative context, esp. to wade through blood, slaughter, etc. ΚΠ c1400 Rom. Rose 5022 To wynne the Ioy that is eterne, Fro which go bakward youthe hir made, In vanite to droune and wade. 1463 G. Ashby Poems ii. 46 For I cannat swym, I stand on the brynk Wadyng no forther, but as crist Iesus Sendith me konnyng. 1591 J. Harington Briefe Apol. Poetrie in tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso sig. ¶vj^v As one writes very pretily, that children do wade in Virgill, and yet strong men do swim in it. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvii. 176 They had..a sea of comfort and ioy to wade in. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 136 I am in blood Stept in so farre, that should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go ore. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 21 I will carry you along to wade through that Acheldama,..when the Dogge-star..of Persecution so raged. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. i. 3 To encourage a man, who is to wade into her favour, (this was his expression) thro' the blood of her brother. 1751 T. Gray Elegy xvii. 8 To wade through slaughter to a throne. 1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xvi. 150 When France..went back for a time to the old form of legitimate monarchy which she had waded through seas of blood to destroy. c. figurative. (Now chiefly, to go through a tedious task, a long or uninteresting book.) ΚΠ 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) i. sig. Aiv^v/2 It is peryllouse..to wade depe in thyse materes of dyuynyte. ?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye iii. sig. i7^v Me thinketh also that he wadeth to depe to descende to purgatorye by this texte. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxv. xi. 232 Since we are waded so far into the deepe secrets of Physicke. a1639 T. Dekker et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) i. ii. 12 On every side I am distracted: Am waded deeper into mischief, then vertue can avoid. But on I must. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. Pref. The griping critic..wades through massive volumes in search of faults. 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xvii. 99 Six-pence a day for the pleasure of wading through 16 columns of dull lies! 1809 Brougham Contrib. Edinb. Rev. (1856) II. 300 From the large mass of matter through which we have been obliged to wade,..we have selected the publications mentioned in the title. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona ii. 20 I warn you that you're wading deep. I wouldn't put myself in your place. 1907 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2 reissued) I. 375 Wading through the endless tangle of their accounts. †d. To persevere under difficulties.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > persevere or persist [verb (intransitive)] continuec1340 perseverec1380 stick1447 to rub on1469 to stick unto ——1529 persist1531 to make it tougha1549 whilea1617 subsist1632 to rub along1668 let the world rub1677 dog1692 wade1714 to stem one's course1826 to stick in1853 to hang on1860 to worry along1871 to stay the course1885 slug1943 to slug it out1943 to bash on1950 to soldier on1954 to keep on trucking1972 1714 in Jrnl. Friends' Hist. Soc. (1918) 29 We found the Exercise of the day heavy enough to wade under. e. to wade in: to make a vigorous or concerted attack on one's opponent; to intervene, esp. vocally; to wade into (colloquial, originally U.S.): to assail or confront energetically. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)] onreseeOE onslayc1275 entera1425 to be upon (also on) a person's jack1588 endeavour?1589 to fall aboard1591 to let fly1611 strikea1616 to lift (up) the hand(s, (occasionally one's arm)1655 to fall on board (of)1658 tilt1708 to walk into ——1794 to run in1815 to peg it1834 to sail in1856 to wade in1863 to light in1868 to roll into ——1888 to make for ——1893 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin an action or fall to doing something > resolutely or vigorously to sit in1736 strap1823 to get down1826 tackle1841 to buckle down (to)1865 to bite on1904 to wade into1904 to get stuck into1910 to get one's teeth into1935 to sink one's teeth into1935 to get stuck in1938 to get to grips with1947 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > in unwelcome or unwarranted manner pressc1390 poach?1536 shovel1540 encroach1555 intrude1573 obtrude1579 wedge1631 interlope1775 to butt in1899 to wade in1905 horn1912 muscle1928 chisel1936 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > act in another's business or intervene [verb (intransitive)] to step in1474 to go (etc.) between the bark and the tree1546 to make in1575 intermediate1610 interposea1616 to put in1631 intervene1646 to strike ina1715 to wade in1905 1863 B. Harte in U.S. Sanitary Commission Bull. (1864) I. vii. 201/1 Phrases such as camps may teach... Such as ‘Bully!’ ‘Them's the peach!’ ‘Wade in, Sanitary! 1872 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-master i. 15 You can jist roll up and wade in. 1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities Speech Mississippi 66 Wade into. One man is said to wade into another when he attacks him very vigorously with either fist or tongue. This phrase is used by all classes. 1904 J. London Let. 17 Nov. (1966) 165 The lawyers..waded into me good and hard for the cash. 1905 N.Y. Evening Post 2 Sept. When a herd of sheep wades in on a patch of bluebells, they stand still and eat all day. 1928 Daily Express 30 July 13/6 Though severely punished by Pattenden's lefts to the face he repeatedly waded in. 1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night ii. 33 I don't stop to think... I just wade right in and ask for what I want. 1952 E. F. Davies Illyrian Venture vi. 104 Luckily the Germans had not known how easily they could have waded into us. 1967 N. Marsh Death at Dolphin v. 125 Don't let it give you a moment's pause... Just you wade in to Conducis. 1976 Sun 11 Mar. 11/4 Miss Georgina Burton..waded in with her shopping bag and chased the gang away. 1984 J. Barnes Flaubert's Parrot x. 132 The writer must wade into life as into the sea, but only up to the navel. 4. transferred. Of the sun or moon: To move (apparently) through clouds or mist; to be clouded. Chiefly Scottish and northern. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > move [verb (intransitive)] > specific runOE yernc1055 wadea1400 roll?a1500 ridea1586 trepidate1623 a1400–50 Wars Alex. 4141 Þe son wadis..& þe wedire gloumes. 1646 J. Trapp Brief Comm. John xviii. 23, 121 We must, when aspersed, labour as the eclipsed Moon, by keeping our motion, to wade out of the shadow. 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 18 After the Moon had waded through the dark shadow of the Earth..the two Companies marched on. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i The sun was wading thro' the mist. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf iii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 54 The moon..was, in the phrase of that country, wading or struggling with clouds. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 293 When the sun is more or less obscured,..and when he is said to be wading in the cloud, rain may come. 1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy II. xiv. 247 The pale light of a crescent moon wading among the black and lowering clouds. 5. transitive. To walk through (water, etc.). †Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > walk through liquid overwadeeOE wadea1400 ankle1949 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] > through liquid overwadeeOE wadea1400 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8964 Sco lift hir skirt..And barfote wode sco þat burn. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 760 The mekill mos..That wes so hydwis for till waid. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Paddock & Mouse l. 2814 in Poems (1981) 104 Thocht the brym be perrillous to waid. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. x. 31 Nor the deip see Ionium, for all his hycht, Ne mycht he waid equallie ws to arest. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xviij The Englishmen in the forefront waded the dyche. ?1551 Sessions against Gardiner in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 849/2 Whiche was he sayde, a matter that he hadde diligently waded auncient authors bothe Greeke and Latine for. 1579 G. Fenton tr. Guicciardini Hist. (1599) x. 437 Three thousand footmen..afterwardes waded the foord of Myncia. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VII xiii. 71 The Danube could not well be waded. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 291 Our guide..made a detour into the mountains to avoid wading the stream. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 20 For wading the bars he uses a much longer rod. in extended use.a1891 W. Morris Poems by Way 122 When we wade the tangled wood. 6. To cause (a horse) to walk through water. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > ride (a horse) through water wade1802 1802 A. E. Bray Jrnl. in Descr. Part Devonshire (1836) I. xv. 262 Hence we again waded to our horses. 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