sedged

[ sejd ]

adjective

1. made of sedge.
2. abounding or bordered with sedge:

   sedged brooks.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sedged¹

First recorded in 1600–10; sedge + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Sedged, composed of sedge or flags.—ns.

From Project Gutenberg

You nymphs, called Naiads, of the winding brooks, With your Sedged crowns and ever-harmless looks.

From Project Gutenberg

I know the wood which hides the daffodil, I know the Fyfield tree, I know what white, what purple fritillaries The grassy harvest of the river-fields, Above by Ensham, down by Sandford, yields, And what sedged brooks are Thames's tributaries; I know these slopes; who knows them if not I?—

From Project Gutenberg

You nymphs, call’d Naiads, of the windring brooks, With your sedged crowns and ever-harmless looks, 130 Leave your crisp channels, and on this green land Answer your summons; Juno does command: Come, temperate nymphs, and help to celebrate A contract of true love; be not too late.

From Project Gutenberg

It seemed impossible that with one bound she could span that terrible place and reach the sedged morass beyond; and still more impossible that it should be done by the poor animal with heavy Dot in her pouch.

From Project Gutenberg