"waden" meaning in Middle English

See waden in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈwaːdən/, /ˈwadən/
Etymology: From Old English wadan, from Proto-West Germanic *wadan, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|wadan}} Old English wadan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*wadan}} Proto-West Germanic *wadan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*wadaną}} Proto-Germanic *wadaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} waden Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|wad|wod|c=6|p_part1=0|w=ed}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], waden [infinitive], to waden [infinitive], wade [infinitive], wade [first-person, present, singular], wod [first-person, past, singular], waded [first-person, past, singular], wadest [present, second-person, singular], wode [past, second-person, singular], wadedest [past, second-person, singular], wadeth [present, singular, third-person], wod [past, singular, third-person], waded [past, singular, third-person], wade [present, singular, subjunctive], wode [past, singular, subjunctive], waded [past, singular, subjunctive], wade [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], waden [plural, present], wade [plural, present], woden [past, plural], wode [past, plural], wadeden [past, plural], wadede [past, plural], wadeth [imperative, plural, present], wade [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], wadynge [participle, present], wadende [participle, present], waden [participle, past], wade [participle, past], waded [participle, past], ywaden [participle, past], ywade [participle, past], wade [alternative], wode [alternative], wadon [alternative], wadyn [alternative], woden [alternative]
  1. To move forth; to journey on or go about.
    Sense id: en-waden-enm-verb-6fSHhbPi Categories (other): Gaits Disambiguation of Gaits: 24 14 20 20 10 12
  2. To puncture or stab; to journey into a person's body.
    Sense id: en-waden-enm-verb-irF1Dzki Categories (other): Gaits Disambiguation of Gaits: 24 14 20 20 10 12
  3. To wade; to walk through fluid:
    To wade through a fluid; to pass through by wading.
    Sense id: en-waden-enm-verb-2PvSGP6Q Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Gaits Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 30 2 2 2 2 2 2 13 2 2 2 24 15 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 1 2 1 1 2 1 18 2 1 1 21 21 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 52 8 6 14 Disambiguation of Gaits: 24 14 20 20 10 12
  4. To wade; to walk through fluid:
    (figurative) To immerse or involve oneself in something.     Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-waden-enm-verb-nLWpkkIt Categories (other): Gaits Disambiguation of Gaits: 24 14 20 20 10 12
  5. (rare) To reach or exist over water. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-waden-enm-verb-cEkNofPt
  6. (rare) To wax or wane. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-waden-enm-verb-7EtLHaw9 Categories (other): Gaits Disambiguation of Gaits: 24 14 20 20 10 12

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "wade"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "wade"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "wad"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "wadan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English wadan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wadan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wadan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wadaną"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English wadan, from Proto-West Germanic *wadan, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to waden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waded",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waded",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waded",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "woden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waded",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ywaden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ywade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wade",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wode",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "woden",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "waden",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wad",
        "2": "wod",
        "c": "6",
        "p_part1": "0",
        "w": "ed"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 14 20 20 10 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Gaits",
          "orig": "enm:Gaits",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move forth; to journey on or go about."
      ],
      "id": "en-waden-enm-verb-6fSHhbPi",
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
        ],
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 14 20 20 10 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Gaits",
          "orig": "enm:Gaits",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To puncture or stab; to journey into a person's body."
      ],
      "id": "en-waden-enm-verb-irF1Dzki",
      "links": [
        [
          "puncture",
          "puncture"
        ],
        [
          "stab",
          "stab"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 2 2 2 2 2 2 13 2 2 2 24 15 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 1 2 1 1 2 1 18 2 1 1 21 21 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 52 8 6 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 14 20 20 10 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Gaits",
          "orig": "enm:Gaits",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wade; to walk through fluid:",
        "To wade through a fluid; to pass through by wading."
      ],
      "id": "en-waden-enm-verb-2PvSGP6Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "wade",
          "wade"
        ],
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ],
        [
          "fluid",
          "fluid"
        ],
        [
          "wading",
          "wading"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 14 20 20 10 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Gaits",
          "orig": "enm:Gaits",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wade; to walk through fluid:",
        "To immerse or involve oneself in something."
      ],
      "id": "en-waden-enm-verb-nLWpkkIt",
      "links": [
        [
          "wade",
          "wade"
        ],
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ],
        [
          "fluid",
          "fluid"
        ],
        [
          "immerse",
          "immerse"
        ],
        [
          "involve",
          "involve"
        ],
        [
          "oneself",
          "oneself"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To wade; to walk through fluid:",
        "(figurative) To immerse or involve oneself in something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To reach or exist over water."
      ],
      "id": "en-waden-enm-verb-cEkNofPt",
      "links": [
        [
          "reach",
          "reach"
        ],
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To reach or exist over water."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 14 20 20 10 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Gaits",
          "orig": "enm:Gaits",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wax or wane."
      ],
      "id": "en-waden-enm-verb-7EtLHaw9",
      "links": [
        [
          "wax",
          "wax"
        ],
        [
          "wane",
          "wane"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To wax or wane."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwaːdən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwadən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "waden"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle English class 6 strong verbs",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English non-lemma forms",
    "Old English past participles",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verb forms",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Gaits"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "wade"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "wade"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "wad"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "wadan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English wadan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English wadan, from Proto-West Germanic *wadan, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to waden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waded",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waded",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waded",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "woden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "waded",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ywaden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ywade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wade",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wode",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wadyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "woden",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "waden",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wad",
        "2": "wod",
        "c": "6",
        "p_part1": "0",
        "w": "ed"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To move forth; to journey on or go about."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
        ],
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To puncture or stab; to journey into a person's body."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "puncture",
          "puncture"
        ],
        [
          "stab",
          "stab"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To wade; to walk through fluid:",
        "To wade through a fluid; to pass through by wading."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wade",
          "wade"
        ],
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ],
        [
          "fluid",
          "fluid"
        ],
        [
          "wading",
          "wading"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To wade; to walk through fluid:",
        "To immerse or involve oneself in something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wade",
          "wade"
        ],
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ],
        [
          "fluid",
          "fluid"
        ],
        [
          "immerse",
          "immerse"
        ],
        [
          "involve",
          "involve"
        ],
        [
          "oneself",
          "oneself"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To wade; to walk through fluid:",
        "(figurative) To immerse or involve oneself in something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reach or exist over water."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reach",
          "reach"
        ],
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To reach or exist over water."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wax or wane."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wax",
          "wax"
        ],
        [
          "wane",
          "wane"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To wax or wane."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwaːdən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwadən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "waden"
}

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