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guéder

/ɡe.de/

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verb/ɡe.de/

to dye with the tint from the woad plant, to woad

From earlier French guèder (“to dye, woad”), from guède (“woad”). More at guède.

verb/ɡe.de/

to sate, satiate; to stuff oneself with food; to intoxicate

From Frankish *waidōn (“to graze”). Compare also Walloon waidi (“to graze”) of similar origin. Influenced by French guéder (“to woad, dye”) in sense of "to drench or submerge completely (in woad)". Akin to Old High German weidōn (“to pasture”), Modern German weiden (“to graze, pasture”). More at gain.