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  • adjective
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wác, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§426; §620;
yielding, not rigid, pliant, fluid
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  • Waac

    lentus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 35.

  • Wæter, wác and hnesce (cf. ðæt hnesce and flówende wæter,

    • Bt. 33, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 130, 3
    ),

    • Met. 20, 93.

  • Wác hreód ðe ǽlc hwiða windes mæg áwecggan,

    • Past. 42
      • ;
    • Swt. 306, 6.

  • Gerd wácc ł bifiende (hreád ðæt wagende,

    • Rush.
    )

    harundinem quassatam,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 20.

  • Byrhtnóð wand wácne æsc (the pliant ash-shaft),

    • Byrht. Th. 132, 68
      • ;
    • By. 43.

  • Iosue hí up áhéng on fíf wácum bógum

    Iosue eos suspendit super quinque stipites,

    • Jos. 10, 26.
weak, feeble, wanting mental or moral strength, wanting courage
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  • Wác bið se hyrde funden tó heorde, ðe nele ða heorde ðe hé healdan sceal mid hreáme bewerian,

    • L. C. E. 26
      • ;
    • Th. i. 374, 22.

  • Wác bið ðæt geðanc on cristenum men, gif hé ne cann understandan þurh rihtne geleáfan ðone ðe hine gescóp,

    • Wulfst. 20, 9: Cd. Th. 40, 34
      • ;
    • Gen. 649.

  • On gewitte tó wác,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 423
      • ;
    • An. 212.

  • Ne tó wác wiga, ne tó wanhýdig,

    • Exon. Th. 290, 18
      • ;
    • Wand. 67.

  • Ðæt wæs wíglíc werod: wác ne grétton in ðæt rincgetæl rǽswan herges,

    • Cd. Th. 192, 18
      • ;
    • Exod. 233.

  • Ic, Ælfríc, munuc and mæssepreóst, swá þeáh wáccre Ðonne swilcum hádum gebyrige,

    • Homl. Th. i. 2, 12.

  • Hæfde hire wácran hige Metod gemearcod,

    • Cd. Th. 37, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 590.

  • Sume láceówas sindon beteran ðonne sume; sume sind wáccran, swá swá wé beóð,

      Homl. Th. ii. 48, 17.
poor, mean, not of great value or in high esteem; vilis.
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v. wác-líc, -ness
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  • Mid wáces olfendes hǽrum gescrýdde,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 506, 23.

  • Ðone wácan assan hé geceás, i. 210,

    • 15. ii

  • forealdode rǽdingbéc swíðe wáke, and .i. wác mæssereáf,

    • Chart. Th. 430, 31.

  • Hé ðis wáce forlét, líf ðis lǽne,

    • Chr. 975
      • ;
    • Erl. 124, 31: Exon. Th. 53, 25
      • ;
    • Cri. 856.

  • Swá tealte beóð eorðan dreámas, and swá wáce syndan ǽhta mid mannum,

    • Wulfst. 264, 4.

  • Ða wácan fugelas,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 462, 25.

  • Hwí forgifð God ðám wácum wyrtum swá fægerne wlite,

    • 464, 16.

  • Hwí dést ðú ðé sylfe ðurh wáce þeáwas swilce ðú wyln sý,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 8, 44.

  • Hit is on worulde á swá leng swá wácre; men syndon swicole, and woruld is ðe wyrse,

    • Wulfst. 83, 10.

  • Seó stów (Abingdon) næs wáccere ðonne (inferior to) formænig ðara ðe his yldran ǽr gefyrþredon,

    • Lchdm. iii. 438, 11.

  • Ǽlc man sylð on forandæge his góde wín, and ðæt wáccre ðonne ða gebeóras druncniaþ,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 70, 26.

  • Gedroren is ðeós duguð eal, wuuiaþ ða wácran,

    • Exon. Th. 311, 4
      • ;
    • Seef. 87.

  • Fyrmest manna primas, wácost manna infimas,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 25
      • ;
    • Zup. 50, 3.

  • Ne eart ðú wácost burga (minima,

    • Mt. 2, 6
    ),

    • Homl. Th. i. 78, 14.

  • On reáfe wáccust

    habitu vilissimus,

    • Scint. 21, 7.

  • Hwí wénst ðú, ðone nú ða wácestan gesceafta eallunga ne gewítaþ, ðæt seó seóleste gescaft mid ealle gewíte?

    • Shrn. 198, 19.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. wék
:
O. H. Ger. weih lentus, mollis, liquens, imbecillis, debilis
:
Icel. veikr
.]
Similar entries
v. leoþu-, wund-wác.
Linked entries
v.  waac wácian wác-líc wácness.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wác.” 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/34180.

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