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wacol

  • adjective
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Grammar
wacol, (-ul, -el); adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§635;
Watchful, vigilant
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  • Wacol

    vigil,

      Wrt, Voc. i. 75. 64.
  • Wacul vigil vel

    vigilans,

      46, 2.
  • Ðes and ðeós wacole (-ele)

    hic et haec vigil,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 8; Zup. 39, 3.
  • Ða ðe cariaþ mid wacelum móde hú hí óðra manna sáwla Gode gestrýnan,

      Homl. Th. ii. 78, 2.
  • Gewinn wið ðone wacolan feónd,

      560, 28.
  • Wacele (-ole) beón on gódum weorcum,

      Homl. Ass. 53, 86.
  • Wacule (-ole),

      R. Ben. 2, 7.
  • Mótan ða hyrdas beón swíðe wacole, Wulfst. 191, 12.

    Uigilantius,

    ðæt is on Englisc wacolre,
      Homl. Th. ii. 118, 13.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. wachal uigil: Icel. vökull.]
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v. ǽr-, þurh-wacol.
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  • wacol, adj.