gewæterian

• ġewætrian

From ge- +‎ wæterian.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈwæ.te.ri.ɑn/

ġewæterian

1. (transitive) to water, irrigate
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Tēoh ðū forð rēnsċūras, ġif ðū miht, and ġewætera ðīne æceras. Ġif ðū mage, dō þæt sunne sċīne, þæt ðīne æceras ripion.

     Draw forth rainshowers, if you can, and water your fields. If you can, make the sun shine, so that your fields ripen.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Þā asende Drihten rēnsċūras, and þā eorþan ġewæterode...

     Then the Lord sent rain showers, and watered the Earth...

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ġewæterian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.