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weccan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
weccan, p. weahte, wehte; pp. weaht, weht
Wright's OE grammar
§55; §311; §534;
To wake, waken.
to rouse from sleep
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  • Geseh hé beornas swefan on slǽpe; hé sóna ongann wígend weccean, Andr. Kmbl. 1699; An. 852. I a.

    to rouse

    from the sleep of death :-- Býman weccaþ of deáðe eall monna cynn,
      Exon. Th. 55, 21; Cri. 887.

  • Ic gǽ ðætte of slépe ic wecce hine,

      Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 11.

  • Ne húru wundur wyrceaþ deáde; oþþe hí lǽceas weccean

    numquid mortuis facies mirabilia; aut medici suscitabunt?

      Ps. Th. 87, 10.
to rouse from unconsciousness or torpor,
to enliven, stimulate, refresh
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  • Hé wehte hine wætre,

      Beo. Th. 5700; B. 2854.

  • Ealdes mannes eágan beóþ unscearpsýno; þonne sceal hé ða eágan wecean mid gnídingum,

      Lchdm. ii. 30, 28.

  • Seó wæs wætrum weaht and wæstmum þeaht,

      Cd. Th. 115, 19; Gen. 1922.
to rouse from repose,
to excite, stir up
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  • Se kok, ǽr ðam ðe hé cráwan wille, hefð up his fiðru, and wecð hine selfne,

      Past. 64; Swt. 461, 14.

  • Drihten windas weceþ

    Dominus ventos excitat,

      Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 22.

  • Biþ sǽ smilte þonne hý wind ne weceþ,

      Exon. Th. 336, 27; Gn. Ex. 56.

  • Ne bið ðé rest witod, ac ðec regna scúr weceþ and wreceþ,

      Cd. Th. 252, 11; Dan. 577.

  • Windas weccaþ woruld mid storme,

      Exon. Th. 59, 13; Cri. 952.

  • Nalles sceal hearpan swég wígend weccean,

      Beo. Th. 6040; B. 3024.
to raise what is depressed
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  • Hé of eorðan mæg ðone unágan weccan

    suscitans a terra inopem,

      Ps. Th. 112, 6.
to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise
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  • Feorbeáceno cynn, ða ðe flód wecceþ,

      Cd. Th. 13, 18; Gen. 204.

  • Wyrd wóp wecccþ,

      Salm. Kmbl. 873; Sal. 436.

  • Sunnan glǽm on lenctenne lífes tácen weceþ,

      Exon. Th. 215, 17; Ph. 255.

  • Ðás windas and ðás regnas ða ðe eorþan wæstmas weccaþ,

      Blickl. Homl. 51, 21: Exon. Th. 38, 20; Cri. 609.

  • Hí ǽled weccaþ

    they kindle a fire,

      361, 18; Wal. 21.

  • Wec ðú cléne hiortan in mé

    cor mundum crea in me,

      Ps. C. 50, 88.

  • Ðæt his bróðor nime his wíf and his bróðor sǽd wecce (

    resuscitet

    ),
      Mk. Skt. 12, 19.

  • Wæcce,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 22, 24.

  • Unrǽd fremman, wefan and weccean,

      Cd. Th. 3, 5; Gen. 31: Beo. Th. 4098; B. 2046.

  • Bǽlfýra mǽst weccan,

      6279; B. 3144.

  • Weccean,

      Cd. Th. 175, 26; Gen. 2901.
Etymology
[Goth. us-wakjan: O. H. Ger. wecchen: Icel. vekja.]
Similar entries
v. á-, tó-weccan; wacan, wacian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “weccan.” 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/34919.

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