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a-weccan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-weccan, -weccean ; ic -wecce, ðú -wecest, -wecst, he -wecceþ, -weceþ, -wecþ, pl. -weccaþ,-wecceaþ; p. -weahte,-wehte, pl. -weahton, -wehton; impert. -wec, -wece, pl. -wecceaþ; pp. -weaht, -weht ; v. trans.
to awake, arouse from sleep, awake from death; e somno excitare, suscitare, resuscitare
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  • Hí awehton hine

    excitaverunt eum,

    • Mk. Bos. 4, 38
      • .

  • Ðá wearþ aweaht Drihten swá he slǽpende

    excitatus est tamquam dormiens Dominus,

    • Ps. Th. 77, 65
      • .

  • Ic hine awecce

    resuscitabo eum,

    • Jn. Bos. 6, 40
      • .

  • Se Fæder awecþ ða deádan

    Pater suscitat mortuos,

    • 5, 21
      • .

  • He manige men of deáþe awehte

    he awoke many men from death,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1167
      • ;
    • An. 584
      • .

  • Awecceaþ deáde

    suscitaie mortuos,

    • Mt. Bos. 10, 8
      • .
to excite, rouse, stir up, call forth, raise up, raise up children; excitare, concitare, suscitare, resuscitare
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  • To ælmessan and to gódra dǽda fylignessum he hí aweahte ge mid wordum ge mid dǽdum

    ad eleemosynas operumque bonorum executionem et verbis excitabat et factis,

    • Bd. 3, 5 ; S. 526, 34
      • .

  • Awehte wǽlníþ Babilónes brego

    deadly hatred excited the prince of Babylon,

    • Cd. 174; Th. 218, 28
      • ;
    • Dan. 46
      • .

  • Ðæs sǽdes corn biþ simle aweaht mid ascunga, eác siððan mid gódre láre, gif hit grówan sceal

    the grain of this seed is always excited by inquiry, and moreover by good instruction, if it shall grow,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 22, 80
      • ;
    • Met. 22, 40
      • .

  • Awehte ða windas of heofenum

    excitavit ventos de cælo,

    • Ps. Th. 77, 26
      • .

  • Awece ðíne mihte

    excita potentiam tuam,

    • 79, 3
      • .

  • Hí his yrre aweahtan

    in ira concitaverunt eum,

    • 77, 58, 40
      • :
    • Cd. 52; Th. 66, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 1080
      • .

  • Awecceþ wópdropan

    calls forth tears,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 567
      • ;
    • Sal. 283
      • .

  • He aweahte gewitnesse on Iacobe

    suscitavit testimonium in Jacob,

    • Ps. Th. 77, 6
      • .

  • Ic awecce wið ðe óðerne cyning

    I will raise up against thee another king,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1851
      • ;
    • El. 927
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  • Aweccende fram eorþan wædlan

    suscitans a terra inopem,

    • Ps. Spl. 112, 6
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  • Awece me

    resuscita me,

    • 40, 11
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  • He mæg bearn aweccan [aweccean Mt. Bos. 3, 9]

    potens est suscitare filios,

    • Lk. Bos. 3, 8
      • .

  • Hys bróðor sǽd awecce

    suscitet semen fratri suo,

    • 20, 28
      • .
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v.  a-wæccan a-wæhte a-weaht a-wece a-wecþ a-weht a-wehte.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-weccan.” 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/2646.

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