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FECCAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
FECCAN, feccean, fæccan; p.> feahte, fehte; pp. feaht, feht
Wright's OE grammar
§309;
To FETCH, bring to, draw; addūcĕre, tollĕre, afferre, haurīre
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  • Ðæt he sceolde hine feccan

    that he should fetch him;

    • Bd, 4, 1
      • ;
    • S. 564, 43: Chr. 1017
      • ;
    • Erl. 161, 10: Gen. 27, 42, 45: Ex, 2, 5.

  • Com án wíf wæter feccan

    vēnit mŭlier haurīre ăquam;

    • Jn. Bos.4. 7, 15.

  • He his dóhter lét feccean

    he caused his daughter to be fetched,

    • Chr. 1121
      • ;
    • Erl. 248, 35.

  • Ic fecce wæter

    affĕram pauxillum ăquæ,

    • Gen. 18, 4.

  • Hig feccaþ ðíne sáwle fram ðé

    they will fetch away thy soul from thee,

    • Lk. Bos. 12, 20.

  • Ðás menn ðé feccaþ

    these men fetch thee,

    • Num. 22, 20.

  • Gif preóst crisman ne fecce [fæcce MS. B.]

    if a priest fetch not the chrism,

    • L. E. G. 3
      • ;
    • Th. i. 168, 11.

  • Se ðe ys uppan hys húse, ne gá he nyðer ðæt hé ǽnig þing on his húse fecce

    qui in tecto, non descendat tollĕre alĭquid de dŏmo sua,

    • Mt. Bos. 24, 17: L. Edg. C. 67
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 258, 20.

  • Ðæt gé ðisne eówerne bróður feccon

    that ye fetch this your brother,

    • Gen, 42, 34.
Etymology
[
Laym. fæchen
:
Orm. fecchenn
:
O. Frs. faka to prepare, make ready.
]
Derived forms
a-feccan, ge-
Linked entries
v.  fæccan fetian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FECCAN.” 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/10212.

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