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wacen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wacen, (-an, -on, -un), e; f.
wakefulness, sleeplessness
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  • Ðone intingan ðínre unrótnisse and ðínre wacone (wæcene,

    • Bd. M. 128, 23
    )

    tuae moestitiae et insomniorum causam,

    • Bd. 2, 12
      • ;
    • S. 513, 41
a watch, vigil
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  • 'Wel ðú dést ðæt ðú nalæs ðé slǽpe forgeáfe, ac má woldest wæccan (weacenum,

    • Bd. M. 354, 7
    ) and gebedum ætfeolan.' Cwæþ hé: 'Ic wát ðæt mé ðæs is micel ðearf, ðæt ic hálwendum weacenum ætfeole,'

    • Bd. 4, 25
      • ;
    • S. 601, 1-3.
a watch, a division of the night
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  • Ðiú feórða waccen (feórþe ðære wacone,

    • Rush.
    )

    quarta vigilia,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 25.

  • Ymb ða feárða wacune (wacan,

    • Lind.
    )

    circa quartam uigiliam,

    • Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 48.

  • On ða æfterra wacone (waccane,

    • Lind.
    )

    in secunda uigilia,

    • Lk. Skt. Rush. 12, 38
      • .
a watch, guard
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  • Haldende wacone (wacana,

    • Lind.
    ) næhtes

    custodientes uigilias noctis,

    • 2, 8.
a rousing, an incitement
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  • Wacana mægna

    incitamenta virtutum,

    • Rtl. 63, 36.
Similar entries
v. on-wacan; f.; wæcen.
Linked entries
v.  a-wacan wacan wacon wæcen weacen.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wacen.” 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/34185.

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