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þeccan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
þeccan, p. þeahte, þehte; pp. þeaht
Wright's OE grammar
§301; §309; §534;
To cover,
to cover an object with something
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  • Ic wreó mé, leáfum þecce,

    • Cd. Th. 53, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 868
      • .

  • Ðú ðín sylf þecest líc mid leáfum,

    • 54, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 877
      • .

  • Se ðe heofen þeceþ wolcnum

    qui operit coelum nubibus,

    • Ps. Th. 146, 8
      • .

  • Mec

    (a horn)

    þeceþ mon golde and sylfore,

    • Exon. Th. 395, 2
      • ;
    • Rä. 15, 1
      • .

  • Hé þeahte bearn middangeardes wonnan wǽge,

    • Cd. Th. 83, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 1377
      • .

  • Git eágorstreám earmum þehton,

    • Beo. Th. 1031
      • ;
    • B. 513
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  • Saga hwá mec þecce,

    • Exon. Th. 381, 21
      • ;
    • Rä. 2, 14
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  • Mec ongon hold gewédum þeccan,

    • 391, 13
      • ;
    • Rä. 10, 4
      • .

  • Hine mid hrægle wryón and sceome þeccan,

    • Cd. Th. 95, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 1573: 58, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 942
      • .

  • Wæstmum þeaht,

    • 115, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 1922
      • .

  • Hleówfeðrum þeaht,

    • 165, 31
      • ;
    • Gen. 2740
      • .

  • Ýþum þeaht,

    • Exon. Th. 392, 7
      • ;
    • Rä. 11, 4
      • .

  • Helmum þeahte,

    • Cd. Th. 120, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 1989
      • .
to serve as covering to an object.
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  • Earn ðeceþ (tegit) nest his,

    • Ps. Surt. ii. p. 192, 31.

  • Mec hrím þeceþ,

    • Exon. Th. 490, 11
      • ;
    • Rä. 79, 9
      • .

  • Forst and snáw eorþan þeccaþ,

    • 215, 7
      • ;
    • Ph. 249
      • .

  • Ic gealgan þehte

    I was stretched upon the cross

    ,
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1932
      • ;
    • An. 968
      • :
    • Apstls. Kmbl. 44
      • ;
    • Ap. 22
      • .

  • Ealne middangeard mereflód þeahte,

    • Exon. Th. 200, 18
      • ;
    • Ph. 42
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 8, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 117
      • .

  • Líca gehwilc ðara ðe lífes gást þeahte

    every body that had within it a living spirit,

    • 77, 28
      • ;
    • Gen. 1282
      • .

  • On hwelcum hí (Weland's bones) hlǽwa hrúsan þeccen

    ,
    • Met. 10, 43
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  • Sió filmen biþ þeccende and wreóde ða wambe,

    • Lchdm. ii. 242, 17
      • .
In the following passages Grein suggests that the form is quite a different word = comburere, and Cosijn (P. B. 8, 574) takes it to be connected with þicgan (but see, þecgan); but, perhaps, the verb may be the same here as in the previous instances, and used with much the same force as wrap in such a phrase as wrapt in flames
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  • Byrneþ þurh fýres feng fugel (the phenix) mid neste ... þonne brond þeceþ heoredreórges hús,

    • Exon. Th. 212, 27
      • ;
    • Ph. 216
      • .

  • Hine ád þeceþ,

    • 223, 26
      • ;
    • Ph. 365
      • .

  • Seó hyre bearn gesihþ brondas þeccan,

    • 330, 7
      • ;
    • Vy. 47
      • .

  • Beágas sceal brond fretan, ǽled þeccean,

    • Beo. Th. 6022
      • ;
    • B. 3015
      • .
Etymology
To dyche and to thecche, Piers P. 19, 232.
O. L. Ger. thekkan
O. Frs. thekka
O. H. Ger. decchen, tegere, operire, velare
Icel. þekja to cover
Linked entries
v.  þacian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þeccan.” 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/31600.

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