on-wealcan
- verb [ strong ]
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Dryhtnes bibod geofonflóda gehwylc georne behealdeþ ðonne merestreámas wæter onwealcaþ
each ocean flood carefully observes the Lord's command, when the sea-streams make the water roll,
- Exon. Th. 193, 25; Az. 127.
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Cf. Sóna swá ðú geseó ðæt ðú hyre (
the mandrake
) geweald hæbbe, genim hý sóna on hand, swá andwealc hí, and gewring ðæt wós of hyre leáfon,- Th. An. 116, 22.
Bosworth, Joseph. “on-wealcan.” 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/24830.
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