wathn.

Brit.

/waθ/, U.S.

/wæθ/

Forms: Also (Old English wæð), Middle English wadth, wat(t)he, 1500s warthe, 1500s– warth.

Etymology: < Old Norse vað neuter (Middle Swedish vaþ , Swedish, Danish vad ) = Old English wæd (plural wado ), poetic the sea, the waves, Middle Low German wat (wad- ), Dutch wad , Old High German wat < Old Germanic *waðo-m < pre-Germanic *wadho-m = Latin vadum ; cognate with wade v.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

A ford; a fordable stream.In quot. c1100 used as the proper name of the river Forth.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > place where something may be crossed > fordable place > ford

fordc893

wath?c1450

wading-place1598

wathstead1615

ford-way1721

waterway1970

c1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (MS. D.) ann. 1073 Wyllelm..þæt land on þa sæ healfe mid scypum ymb læig & him sylf mid his landfyrde ferde inn ofer þæt Wæð (Laud MS. þæt gewæd).]

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5757 Þe watir þat time was farr ebband;..But or he was þe wath all past, The wawes come agayne him fast.

1483 Cath. Angl. 410/1 A wathe, vadum, flustrum.

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 799/41 Hoc vadum, a wadth.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Civ^v/1 A Watthe, foorde, vadum.

1583 Inquisition before Commissioners of Sewers for County of Lincoln (1851) 12 That the Township of Burringham in making their warthes or fordes over the aforesaid dytches do not cast in more sand then is needful for passage of their cattell into the Northmoores.

1610 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1884) I. 204 Forasmuch as Skipton bridge..is likely to..become ruinous by..carriages of great burthen,..a ford or wath is there made passable for such purposes.

1674 J. Ray N. Country Words (at cited word) A Warth; a Waterford.

1691 J. Ray Gloss. Northanhymb. (at cited word) A Wath. Vadum.

1697 A. de la Pryme Diary 13 Oct. (1870) i. 153 From thence I went over a wath, which tradition says was formerly a great river.

1730 P. Walkden Diary 4 May (1866) (modernized text) 115 Then came over a corner of Ellhill moor as direct as I could to Wire and over it at a warth.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Wath, warth, a water-ford.

1890 R. S. Ferguson Hist. Cumberland 270 They tried to evade that fortress by taking to the waths over Eden, between Carlisle and the sea.

1894 Carlisle Patriot 15 June 7/3 (Cumbld. Gloss.) The new bridge over the Kingwater will stand on the site of the wall at the place of the ford or wath.

Compounds

wath gate (gate n.²), wath mouth, wath way. Also wathstead n.

ΚΠ

1662 W. Dugdale Hist. Imbanking & Drayning Fens 201/1 That the Prior of Haverholme ought to find a certain boat at the Bothe, neer to the Wathe mouthe, for to carry over foot-folk, aswell by night as day.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘Wath~geeat,’ the direction of the ford.

1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 404/1 Wath-way, a ford.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	wath
释义	wathn. Brit. /waθ/, U.S. /wæθ/ Forms: Also (Old English wæð), Middle English wadth, wat(t)he, 1500s warthe, 1500s– warth. Etymology: < Old Norse vað neuter (Middle Swedish vaþ , Swedish, Danish vad ) = Old English wæd (plural wado ), poetic the sea, the waves, Middle Low German wat (wad- ), Dutch wad , Old High German wat < Old Germanic waðo-m < pre-Germanic wadho-m = Latin vadum ; cognate with wade v. Obsolete exc. dialect. A ford; a fordable stream.In quot. c1100 used as the proper name of the river Forth. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > place where something may be crossed > fordable place > ford fordc893 wath?c1450 wading-place1598 wathstead1615 ford-way1721 waterway1970 c1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (MS. D.) ann. 1073 Wyllelm..þæt land on þa sæ healfe mid scypum ymb læig & him sylf mid his landfyrde ferde inn ofer þæt Wæð (Laud MS. þæt gewæd).] ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5757 Þe watir þat time was farr ebband;..But or he was þe wath all past, The wawes come agayne him fast. 1483 Cath. Angl. 410/1 A wathe, vadum, flustrum. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 799/41 Hoc vadum, a wadth. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Civ^v/1 A Watthe, foorde, vadum. 1583 Inquisition before Commissioners of Sewers for County of Lincoln (1851) 12 That the Township of Burringham in making their warthes or fordes over the aforesaid dytches do not cast in more sand then is needful for passage of their cattell into the Northmoores. 1610 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1884) I. 204 Forasmuch as Skipton bridge..is likely to..become ruinous by..carriages of great burthen,..a ford or wath is there made passable for such purposes. 1674 J. Ray N. Country Words (at cited word) A Warth; a Waterford. 1691 J. Ray Gloss. Northanhymb. (at cited word) A Wath. Vadum. 1697 A. de la Pryme Diary 13 Oct. (1870) i. 153 From thence I went over a wath, which tradition says was formerly a great river. 1730 P. Walkden Diary 4 May (1866) (modernized text) 115 Then came over a corner of Ellhill moor as direct as I could to Wire and over it at a warth. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Wath, warth, a water-ford. 1890 R. S. Ferguson Hist. Cumberland 270 They tried to evade that fortress by taking to the waths over Eden, between Carlisle and the sea. 1894 Carlisle Patriot 15 June 7/3 (Cumbld. Gloss.) The new bridge over the Kingwater will stand on the site of the wall at the place of the ford or wath. Compounds wath gate (gate n.²), wath mouth, wath way. Also wathstead n. ΚΠ 1662 W. Dugdale Hist. Imbanking & Drayning Fens 201/1 That the Prior of Haverholme ought to find a certain boat at the Bothe, neer to the Wathe mouthe, for to carry over foot-folk, aswell by night as day. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘Wath~geeat,’ the direction of the ford. 1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 404/1 Wath-way, a ford. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?c1450
随便看	θ97318 θ97319 θ9732 θ97320 θ97321 θ97322 θ97323 θ97324 θ97325 θ97326 θ97327 θ97328 θ97329 θ9733 θ97330 θ97331 θ97332 θ97333 θ97334 θ97335 θ97336 θ97337 θ97338 θ97339 θ9734