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on-wacan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to awake, cease to sleep
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  • Sóna ðæs ðe heó onwóc

    ubi vigilavit,

      Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 11: 4, 31; S. 610, 37.
  • Ðá of slǽpe onwóc, swefn wæs æt ende, eorþlíc æðeling,

      Cd. Th. 249, 2; Dan.524.
  • Se wyrm onwóc,

      Beo. Th. 4563; B. 2287.
  • Ða men onwócan, and út urnon,

      Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 22.
to arise, spring, be derived, be born
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  • Ðú wást ðæt ðú of mínre (

    the speaker is Eve

    ) dehter,
      Drihten, onwóce, Blickl. Homl. 89, 20: Cd. Th. 292, 12; Sat. 439.
  • Hér Ida féng tó ríce, ðonon Norþanhymbra cynecyn onwóc,

      Chr. 547; Erl. 16, 8.
  • Him onwóc heáh Healfdene,

      Beo. Th. 112; B. 56.
  • Beornas onwócan, cynn æfter cynne cende wǽron,

      Ps. Th. 104, 11.
  • Hwǽr ús hearmstafas onwócan,

      Cd. Th. 58, 2; Gen. 940.
  • Hié begeton feówertíg bearna ðæt ðonon menio onweócon,

      294, 25; Sat. 476.
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v.  wacen á-wacan.
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