How to pronounce “sodden” in English

consisted of a clutch of white, wooden buildings: a clapboard post office, a general store, and a patterned New England church with a single steeple atop a square base. (Savoringthe irony, Dr. Jerusalem pointed out that such churches were modeled on the architectural template of an English Catholic.) The ground was still sodden in late afternoon.The trees turned forth cold, luxuriant greenery touched here and there with hints of autumn.