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wacan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
wacan, p. wóc; pp. wacen
Wright's OE grammar
§508;
To wake; but occurring mostly in the sense to come into being, be born, spring
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  • Sió mǽgburg ðe ic æfter wóc

    the family from which I sprang,

    • Exon. Th. 401, 34
      • ;
    • Rä. 21, 21.

  • Abrahame wóc bearn of brýde

    to Abraham a child was born of his wife,

    • Cd. Th. 167, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 2763: Beo. Th. 3925
      • ;
    • B. 1960.

  • Of ðam eorle wóc unrím þeóda,

    • Cd. Th. 99, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 1646: 98, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 1637: Beo. Th. 2535
      • ;
    • B. 1265.

  • Ðæm feówer bearn in worold wócun,

    • 119
      • ;
    • B. 60.

  • Wócon,

    • Cd. Th. 131, 31
      • ;
    • Gen. 2184.

  • Þanon his eaforan wócan, bearn from brýde,

    • 65, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 1061.

  • Ǽr him sunu wóce,

    • 70, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 1158.
Etymology
[ He awoc (woc,
  • 2nd MS.
) of slæpe,
  • Laym. 25566.
Ðe king woc,
  • Gen.
    • and
  • Ex. 2111.
Aboute þe middel of þe nith wok Ubbe,
  • Havel. 2093.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, on-wacan.
Linked entries
v.  on-wacan on-wacan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wacan.” 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/34182.

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