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wæccan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wæccan, p. wæhte
To watch, wake; except in the Northern specimens the verb seems to occur only in the present participle, wacian (q.v.) being used elsewhere
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  • Wæccaþ (-as, Lind.) gé

    vigilate,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 42.
  • Wæcceþ (wæcas,

      Lind.), 26, 41.
  • Wæccas,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 37.
  • Ðæt hé wæcce (gewæhte, Lind.)

    ut uigilet,

      Rush. 13, 34.
  • Suá huoeðer wé woæca ł wé slépa

    sive vigilemus sive dormiamus,

      Rtl. 28, 37.
  • Wæcca hé walde (hé wæcende beón walde, Rush.)

    vigilaret,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 43.
  • Walde wæcce (wæca,

      Lind.), Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 39.
  • For hwon hé wæccende sǽte

    quare pervigil sederet,

      Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 38: Cd. Th. 191, 12; Exod. 213: Beo. Th. 1420; B. 708.
  • Hé wæccende ða niht on hálgum gebedum áwunode,

      Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 34, 14.
  • Of scondlícum geþóhte ðæs wæccendan (

    vigilantis

    ) up cymeþ seó bysmrung slǽpendes ... ðæt hé wæccende ðóhte, ðæt hé nó witende áræfnode,
      Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 5-9.
  • Heó wæs wæccende dæges and nihtes,

      Blickl. Homl. 137, 22.
  • Mid wæccendre gýmen[ne],

      L. E. I. prm.; Th. ii. 400, 31.
  • Se fand wæccendne wer,

      Beo. Th. 2540; B. 1268.
  • Wæccende,

      5674; B. 2841.
  • Hé hét mec wæccende wunian,

      Exon. Th. 422, 18; Rä. 41, 8.
  • Ðæt gé wæccende wearde healden,

      282, 13; Jul. 662.
  • Ða þeówas ðe se hláford wæccende (-o, Lind.: wæcende, Rush.

    uigilantes

    ) gemét,
      Lk. Skt. 12, 37: Blickl. Homl. 145, 6.
Etymology
[&Ꝥ; heo wecchinde ham werien, Marh. 15, 33.]
Similar entries
v. ge-wæccan; þurh-wæccende, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 12.
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