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wáce

  • adverb
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wáce, adv.
Weakly.
feebly, faintly, without boldness
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  • Ic mínum gewyrhtum wáce trúwige

    I have feeble trust in my own merits,

    Anglia xii.
      502, 9: Exon. Th. 52, 24; Cri. 838.
feebly, inefficiently, without energy, remissly
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  • Nú syndon cyrcan wáce gegriðode

    churches are very inefficiently protected,

      L. I. P. 25; Th. ii. 340, 11.
  • Wé tó wáce hýraþ úrum Drihtne

    we are too remiss in obedience to our Lord,

      Wulfst. 91, 13: Exon. Th. 50, 13; Cri. 799.
  • Wé rihte getrýwða healdaþ tó wáce

    we are too remiss in keeping good faith,

      Wulfst. 91, 17.
  • Hí míne heorde wáce begímdon,

      190, 21.
  • Ic wáccor hýrde Dryhtne ðonne mín rǽd wǽre,

      Exon. Th. 453, 18; Hy. 4, 16.
  • Gif hé wáccor hý behwyrfð ðonne ðæt hé him tó ágenum teleþ,

      L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 10.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. weiho enerviter.]
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