Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Peril; harm; danger.
- noun The pursuit of game; hunting.
- noun Game; prey.
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- noun
Peril ;harm ;danger . - noun The pursuit of
game ;hunting . - noun Game;
prey .
Etymologies
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From Middle English wathe, wothe, from Old Norse váði ("danger, injury").
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From Middle English wathe, waith, wayth, from Old English wāþ ("wandering, journey; pursuit, hunt, hunting, chase") and Old Norse veiðr ("hunt, chase"), both from Proto-Germanic *waiþō, *waiþiz (“hunt, pasture, food”), from Proto-Indo-European *weye- (“to drive”). Cognate with Dutch weide ("meadow, pasture"), German weide ("pasture, meadow, grassland"), Icelandic veiði ("hunting").
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Examples
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Follow of the river running our of wathe provision of a temporary pipe pumping station it is now possiate of 60 litres per second to the Sand River.
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"There ith no time to wathe, I athure you," said Dr. Sinnett's assistant imperatively.
Number Seventeen 1915
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