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wác-mód

  • adjective
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wác-mód, adj.
of weak disposition, morally weak
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  • Ða hnescan (

    vel wácmód, written above the line ),

    ðæt synd ða ðe náne stíðnysse nabbaþ ongeán leahtras,
      Hontl. Skt. i. 17, 40.
fainthearted, pusillanimous
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  • Gif yrmð getímaþ wácmód ná wuna ðú

    si calamitas contigerit, pusillanimis non existas,

      Scint. 172, 6.
  • Crist lǽrde ðæt man tó wácmód (cf. Mt. 24, 6: Mk. 13, 7) ðonne ne wurde,

      Wulfst. 89, 6.
  • On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ða ofermódan, on óðre wísan ða earmheortan and ða wácmódan (

    pusillanimes

    ),
      Past. 32; Swt. 209, 3.
  • Beó hit eal mid gemete ðe læs ðe ða wácmódan beón ormóde

    omnia mensurate fiant propter pusillanimes

    (for ðám wácmódum,
      R. Ben. Interl. 82, 7), R. Ben. 74, 1.
  • Sý fultum geseald ðám wácmódum and ðám unstrangum, ðæt hí mid unrótnesse ða hýrsumnesse ne dón

    imbecillibus procurentur solacia, ut non cum tristitia hoc faciant,

      58, 17.
  • Secgaþ ðám wácmódum, ðæt hí beón gehyrte, and nánðing ofdrǽdde

    say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not

    (Is.
      35, 6), Homl. Th. ii. 16, 15.
Etymology
[O. Sax. wék-mód.]
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