eau, n.
1. (substance liquide) a. wæter (nt. a) > a.m. water, got. watō (nt. an), v.n. vatn/vatr (nt. a), v.h.a. wazzar (nt. a) > all.m. Wasser, v.s. watar, v.fr. weter (nt. a). sorte d’eau wætercynn (nt. ja). d’eau strēamlic ♦ wæterig. manquant d’eau þyrre (u), got. þaursus (u), v.n. þurr, v.h.a. thurri (ja/jō) > all.m. dürr. manque d’eau wæterlēast (f. ō) ♦ wæterlist (f. ō) ♦ wæterwǣdlnes (f. jō). sans eau (sec) drȳge/drī(g)e/drēge (ja/jō) > a.m. dry ♦ þyrre ← ♦ unwæterig/onwæterig ♦ wæterlēas > a.m. waterless, v.h.a. wazzerlōs. remplir d’eau ondrincan (VF3).
b. eau agitée wi(e)lm/welm/wylm/walm/wælm (m. i). eau avoisinante/voisine nēahwæter (nt. a) ♦ scirwæter/scyrwæter (nt. a). eau baptismale fantwæter (nt. a). eau bénite hālig wæter (nt. a). eau de mer sǣwæter (nt. a) > a.m. seawater ♦ s(e)alt (nt.) > a.m. salt, got. salt (nt. a), v.n. salt (nt.), v.h.a. salz (nt.) > all.m. Salz, v.s. salt. eau de pluie regnwæter/rēnwæter > a.m. rainwater, v.h.a. reganwazar > all.m. Regenwasser {nt. a}. eau de source wyllewæter/willewæter (nt. a). eau mouvante flōd (f. ō) > a.m. flood, got. flōdus (f. en u ?), v.n. flóð (nt.), v.h.a. vluot (m. et f. i) > all.m. Flut, v.s. flōd/fluod (m., f. et nt.), v.fr. flōd (nt.) ♦ wyllestrēam/willestrēam (m. a). eau profonde wǣl/wēl (m. et nt.). eau salée brȳne (m.) > a.m. brine ♦ sælmerige/selmerige (f. ōn). eau stagnante mere/mære (m. i), got. marei (f. īn), v.n. marr (m. i), v.h.a. meri (nt. ja) > all.m. Meer, v.s. meri (f.) ♦ meresteall (m.). eau vive līfes wæter (nt. a). mouvement de l’eau wǣg/wāg (m. i), got. wēgs (m. a), v.n. vágr (m.), v.h.a. wāg (f. i), v.s. wāg, v.fr. wēg.
2. (mer, océan, etc.) ēarwela/ārwēla (m. an) ♦ flōd ← ♦ holm (m. a) ♦ lagu/lago (m. u), v.n. lǫgr (m.), v.h.a. lagu, v.s. lagu ♦ lagufæþm (m. a) ♦ laguflōd (m. a) ♦ lagustrēam (m. a), v.s. lagustrōm ♦ sǣ (m. et f. i) > a.m. sea, got. saiws (m.), v.n. sær/sjór (m. wa), v.h.a. sēo (m. wa) > all.m. See, v.s. sēo/sēu, v.fr. sē ♦ strēamas (m. pl. a) ♦ sund (nt. a) > a.m. sound, v.n. sund (nt.) ♦ wǣg ← ♦ wæter ← ♦ wætergesceaft (f. i). à l’eau/sur l’eau āflote/on flot(e) > a.m. afloat, v.n. á flot.
3. afflux d’eau (h)rǣs (m. a), v.n. rás (f.) ♦ strēamfaru (f. ō) ♦ wǣgstrēam (m. a) ♦ wætera þrȳþe ♦ wæterþrūh (f. th. rac.) ♦ wæterþrȳþ. étendue d’eau gelagu (nt. u). masse d’eau flōd ← ♦ gelagu (nt. u) ♦ mereflōd (m. u) ♦ þrym(m)/þremm/þrim (m. i) ♦ (ge)wæd (nt. a) ♦ wæter ← ♦ wæteras ♦ wæterscipe/wæterscype (m. i). nappe d’eau mere ←. plein d’eau lagustrēama ful (nt.).
4. mur d’eau holmweall (m. a). (DE LA MER ROUGE) meretorr (m. a) ♦ randgebeorh (nt. a) ♦ randburg/randburh (f. th. rac.) ♦ sǣweall (m. a).