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wácian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wácian, p. ode.
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
of persons, to be or become weak, want resolution or courage. v. wác, II
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  • Ðonne se heretoga wácaþ, ðonne biþ eall se here swíðe gehindred,

      Chr. 1003; Erl, 139, 12.
  • Be ðam mihte man oncnáwan, ðæt se cniht nolde wácian æt ðam wíge,

      Byrht. Th. 132, 2; By. 10.
of things, to be or
become weak, not able to endure, to fail
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  • Ne wáciaþ ðás geweorc,

      Exon, Th. 351, 26; Sch. 86.
  • Teoriaþ hwílum, wáciaþ wordbeót,

      469, 22; Hy. 11, 6.
to become poor or mean. v. wác, III
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  • Wachiaþ

    vilescunt,

      Hpt. Gl. 462, 52.
Etymology
[Þa ældede þe king and wakede an aðelan (failede his mihte, 2nd MS.), Laym. 2938. Heo weoren swa drunken, ꝥ wakeden heore sconken, 13466. Bruttes wokeden (lost heart) þa, 26996, His heorte gon to wakien, 19798. Þi strengþe wokeþ, Misc. 101, 15. Piers P. wakie, wokie to soften: O. H. Ger. weihhén, weihhón infirmari, emarcescere.]
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v. á-, ge-wácian; wǽcan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-wácian.
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