wath

See also: Wath

English

Etymology

From Middle English wath, from Old Norse vað (“a ford”). Cognate with Scots wath, Swedish vad. Related to wade.

Noun

wath (plural waths)

1. (historical, England, dialect) A ford.
   • 1885, R. S. Ferguson and 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 This ancient road and the ford at "Willie-of-the-Boats" were not superseded until […] 1816.

2. (obsolete) A fordable stream.

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Wath”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 2 (V–Z), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 183.

Anagrams

• HAWT, Thaw, hawt, thaw, what

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wāþ and Old Norse veiðr.

Noun

wath

1. Alternative form of waith

Etymology 2

From Old Norse váði.

Noun

wath

1. Alternative form of wothe

Adjective

wath

1. Alternative form of wothe

Etymology 3

From Old Norse vað and Old English wæd, both from Proto-Germanic *wadą, from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

Alternative forms

• wathe, wadth, weth

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waθ/

Noun

wath

1. (rare) A ford; a crossing through a stream.

Descendants

• English: wath (obsolete)
• Scots: wath (rare)

References

• “wath, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.