- been the
centre of a 'small
Scandinavian mountain kingdom' ". Plus "OE '
wæter', with the
meaning probably influenced by its ON
relative 'vatn'." (OE=Old...
-
Ancient mention of "deop
wæter" in the Beowulf...
- understand"
adfet "tells" *weyd- "to see" գետ get "river"
water ( ← OE
wæter) (Umbrian utur "water") ὕδωρ húdōr "water" bārān باران "rain" उदन् udan...
- "gr****less, bare,
jagged ... barren", "ruinous and dead" wudu
wyrtum fæst /
wæter oferhelmað. þær mæg
nihta gehwæm / niðwundor seon, fyr on flode. ... Nis...
- skating, snowboarding, and skiing. The word
water comes from Old
English wæter, from Proto-Germanic *watar (source also of Old
Saxon watar, Old Frisian...
-
Wundor wearð on wege;
wæter wearð to bane. A
marvel occurred on the road:
water turned to bone....
- Þa wæs synn and sacu
Sweona and Geata, ofer wid
wæter wroht gemæne, here-nið hearda, syððan Hreðel swealt, oððe him Ongenþeowes
eaferan wæran
frome fyrd-hwate...
- "crag, bare rock" *wódr̥ (udéns) pl. *wédōr (udnés) "water"
water (< OE
wæter) watō (watins) "water"
Umbrian utur "water",
Latin unda "wave" húdōr (húdatos)...
- a
Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the water".
Variants are Van de
Waeter, Van der
Water and Van der Wateren.
People with this name include: Charles...
- ƿ,
where ƿ
represents the Old
English letter wynn or 'w',
standing for
ƿæter ("water"). By 1140 it is
recorded as Jor,
hence Jervaulx (Jorvale) Abbey...
