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wác

  • adjective
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wác, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§426; §620;
yielding, not rigid, pliant, fluid
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  • Waac

    lentus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 35.
  • Wæter, wác and hnesce (cf. ðæt hnesce and flówende wæter,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 3), Met. 20, 93.
  • Wác hreód ðe ǽlc hwiða windes mæg áwecggan,

      Past. 42; Swt. 306, 6.
  • Gerd wácc ł bifiende (hreád ðæt wagende, Rush.)

    harundinem quassatam,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 20.
  • Byrhtnóð wand wácne æsc (

    the pliant ash-shaft

    ),
      Byrht. Th. 132, 68; By. 43.
  • Iosue hí up áhéng on fíf wácum bógum

    Iosue eos suspendit super quinque stipites,

      Jos. 10, 26.
weak, feeble, wanting mental or
moral streng, wanting courage
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  • Wác bið se hyrde funden tó heorde, ðe nele ða heorde ðe hé healdan sceal mid hreáme bewerian,

      L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 22.
  • Wác bið ðæt geðanc on cristenum men, gif hé ne cann understandan þurh rihtne geleáfan ðone ðe hine gescóp,

      Wulfst. 20, 9: Cd. Th. 40, 34; Gen. 649.
  • On gewitte tó wác,

      Andr. Kmbl. 423; An. 212.
  • Ne tó wác wiga, ne tó wanhýdig,

      Exon. Th. 290, 18; Wand. 67.
  • Ðæt wæs wíglíc werod: wác ne grétton in ðæt rincgetæl rǽswan herges,

      Cd. Th. 192, 18; Exod. 233.
  • Ic,

    Ælfríc, munuc and mæssepreóst, swá þeáh wáccre Ðonne swilcum hádum gebyrige, Homl. Th. i. 2, 12.
  • Hæfde hire wácran hige Metod gemearcod,

      Cd. Th. 37, 16; Gen. 590.
  • Sume láceówas sindon beteran ðonne sume; sume sind wáccran, swá swá wé beóð,

      Homl. Th. ii. 48, 17.
poor, mean, not of great value or in high esteem; vilis. v. wác-líc, -ness
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  • Mid wáces olfendes hǽrum gescrýdde,

      Homl. Th. ii. 506, 23.
  • Ðone wácan assan hé geceás, i. 210,

      15. ii
    forealdode rǽdingbéc swíðe wáke, and .i. wác mæssereáf, Chart. Th. 430, 31.
  • Hé ðis wáce forlét, líf ðis lǽne,

      Chr. 975; Erl. 124, 31: Exon. Th. 53, 25; Cri. 856.
  • Swá tealte beóð eorðan dreámas, and swá wáce syndan ǽhta mid mannum,

      Wulfst. 264, 4.
  • Ða wácan fugelas,

      Homl. Th. ii. 462, 25.
  • Hwí forgifð God ðám wácum wyrtum swá fægerne wlite,

      464, 16.
  • Hwí dést ðú ðé sylfe ðurh wáce þeáwas swilce ðú wyln sý,

      Homl. Skt. i. 8, 44.
  • Hit is on worulde á swá leng swá wácre; men syndon swicole, and woruld is ðe wyrse,

      Wulfst. 83, 10.
  • Seó stów (

    Abingdon) næs wáccere ðonne (inferior to )

    formænig ðara ðe his yldran ǽr gefyrþredon,
      Lchdm. iii. 438, 11.
  • Ǽlc man sylð on forandæge his góde wín, and ðæt wáccre ðonne ða gebeóras druncniaþ,

      Homl. Th. ii. 70, 26.
  • Gedroren is ðeós duguð eal, wuuiaþ ða wácran,

      Exon. Th. 311, 4; Seef. 87.
  • Fyrmest manna primas, wácost manna

    infimas,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25; Zup. 50, 3.
  • Ne eart ðú wácost (

    minima,

      Mt. 2, 6) burga, Homl. Th. i. 78, 14.
  • On reáfe wáccust

    habitu vilissimus,

      Scint. 21, 7.
  • Hwí wénst ðú, ðone nú ða wácestan gesceafta eallunga ne gewítaþ, ðæt seó seóleste gescaft mid ealle gewíte? Shrn. 198, 19.
Etymology
[O. Sax. wék: O. H. Ger. weih lentus, mollis, liquens, imbecillis, debilis: Icel. veikr.]
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v. leoþu-, wund-wác.
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v.  waac.
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