wath
See also: Wath
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English wath, from Old Norse vað (“a ford”). Cognate with Scots wath, Swedish vad. Related to wade.
Noun edit
wath (plural waths)
- (historical, England, dialect) A ford.
- 1885, R. S. Ferguson, C. F. Keary, “The Beaumont Hoard, with some remarks on a pre-Roman road near Carlisle”, in Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, volume 8, published 1886, page 375:
- The Romans had a bridge across the Eden near where the Caldew falls into the larger stream; had that bridge been in existence when this road or track was first made, its makers would have gone to the Roman bridge, and not to the deep and dangerous wath at Etterby. This ancient road and the ford at "Willie-of-the-Boats" were not superseded until […] 1816.
- (obsolete) A fordable stream.
References edit
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Wath”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes X, Part 2 (V–Z), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 183.
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English wāþ and Old Norse veiðr.
Noun edit
wath
- Alternative form of waith
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
wath
- Alternative form of wothe
Adjective edit
wath
- Alternative form of wothe
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Norse vað and Old English wæd, both from Proto-Germanic *wadą, from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wath
- (rare) A ford; a crossing through a stream.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “wath, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.