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DRECCAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
DRECCAN, dreccean, drecan,ic drecce , drece, ðú drecest, drecst, he dreceþ, drecþ, pl. dreccaþ, drecceaþ; p. [drechede = drehde = ] drehte, dreahte, pl.drehton, dreahton ; pp. [dreched = drehed = dreht, dreaht] dreht, dreaht
Wright's OE grammar
§534;
To vex, afflict, trouble, torture, torment; vexāre, affligĕre, tribulāre, turbāre, cruciāre
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  • Mec sorg dreceþ

    sorrow vexeth me,

    • Cd. 99
      • ;
    • Th. 131,
      • 21;
    • Gen. 2179
      • .

  • Drecþ se deófol mancynn mid mislícum costnungum

    the devil vexes mankind with various temptations,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 19,
      • 44.

  • Me Agar drehte dógora gehwam

    Hagar hath vexed me each day,

    • Cd. 102
      • ;
    • Th. 135,
      • 27;
    • Gen. 2249
      • .

  • Yrfweardnysse ðíne hí drehton

    hæreditātem tuam vexavērunt,

    • Ps. Spl. 93, 5: Chr. 897
      • ;
    • Erl. 95,
      • 7.

  • Ic drece

    vexo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 24
      • ;
    • Som. 25,
      • 44.

  • Ðeáh hine se ymbhoga ðyssa woruldsǽlþa wráðe drecce

    though the anxious care of these worldly goods severely afflicts him,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 7,
      • 108;
    • Met. 7, 54: Homl. Th. i. 156,
      • 21.

  • Ne wendaþ hine wyrda, ne hine wiht dreceþ

    fates change him not, nor doth aught afflict him,

    • Exon. 88 b
      • ;
    • Th. 334,
      • 1;
    • Gn. Ex. 9: Bt. Met. Fox 7, 50, Met. 7,
      • 25.

  • Ðonne míne fýnd me drecceaþ

    dum afflīgit me inimīcus,

    • Ps. Th. 42,
      • 2.

  • Ic ðé bebeóde ðæt ðú nánum men ne drece

    I command thee that thou afflict no man,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 296,
      • 5.

  • On ðam écan lífe ðǽr ne cymþ nán deófol ne nán yfel mann, ðe us mǽge dreccan

    in the eternal life there will come no devil nor evil man who may trouble us,

    i.
    • 272,
      • 10.

  • Hwí drecst ðú leng ðone láreów

    why troublest thou the master longer?

    • Mk. Bos. 5,
      • 35.

  • Hí hine dreccaþ

    they trouble him,

    • Ps. Th. arg. 25: Homl. Th. ii. 540,
      • 34.

  • To hwon dreahtest ðú me

    for what [why] hast thou tortured me?

    • Exon. 98 a
      • ;
    • Th. 368, 6 Seel. 17
      • .

  • Gif hine dreccean mót ðissa yfla hwæðer

    if either of these evils can torment it,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 5,
      • 80;
    • Met. 5,
      • 40.
Etymology
[
Piers P. drecchen to vex:
Chauc. drecche:
Laym. i-dræcched, -dracched, -drecched, pp. injured, disturbed
.]
Derived forms
ge-dreccan
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Bosworth, Joseph. “DRECCAN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/7880.

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