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wǽcan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wǽcan, p. wǽhte; pp. wǽht, wǽced
To weaken, afflict, oppress
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  • Se foresprecena hungur Bryttas swýþe wǽhcte

    Briltones fames praefata magis magisque adficiens,

      Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 16.
  • Ðý læs his yrre ús yrmþum swence and wǽce

    ne ejus ira nos damnis affligat,

      4, 25; S. 601, 40.
  • Scealt ðú ðínne líchaman þurh forhæfdnysse wǽccan,

      Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 32, 9.
  • Ðá hé mid swinglum and tintregum wǽced wæs

    cum tormentis afficeretur,

      Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 45.
  • Mid ðý seó mǽgð wǽced wæs mid wæle

    provincia cum clade premeretur,

      3, 30; S. 561, 37.
  • Mid ða ádle wǽced and swenced

    quo affectus incommodo,

      4, 31; S. 610, 20: Exon. Th. 410, 27; Rä. 29, 5.
  • Ða men beóþ mid hriþingum swíþe strangum wǽcede,

      Lchdm. ii. 258, 3.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. weihen; p. weihta mulcere, enervare.]
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-, on-wǽcan; wácian.
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