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sodden

adj.
US //ˈsɑdən// UK //sˈɒdən// sod·den Archaic
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From Middle English sodden, soden, from Old English soden, ġesoden, from Proto-Germanic sudanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic seuþaną (“to seethe; boil”). Cognate with West Frisian sean, Dutch gezoden (“seethed, boiled”) (related to Dutch zode (“swampy land”)), Low German saden, söddt, German gesotten, Swedish sjuden, Icelandic soðinn. More at seethe.

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