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wǽcan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wǽcan, p. wǽhte; pp. wǽht, wǽced
To weaken, afflict, oppress
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  • Se foresprecena hungur Bryttas swýþe wǽhcte

    Briltones fames praefata magis magisque adficiens,

    • Bd. 1, 14
      • ;
    • S. 482, 16.

  • Ðý læs his yrre ús yrmþum swence and wǽce

    ne ejus ira nos damnis affligat,

    • 4, 25
      • ;
    • S. 601, 40.

  • Scealt ðú ðínne líchaman þurh forhæfdnysse wǽccan,

    • Guthl. 5
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 32, 9.

  • Ðá hé mid swinglum and tintregum wǽced wæs

    cum tormentis afficeretur,

    • Bd. 1, 7
      • ;
    • S. 477, 45.

  • Mid ðý seó mǽgð wǽced wæs mid wæle

    provincia cum clade premeretur,

      3, 30; S. 561, 37.

  • Mid ða ádle wǽced and swenced

    quo affectus incommodo,

    • 4, 31
      • ;
    • S. 610, 20: Exon. Th. 410, 27
      • ;
    • Rä. 29, 5.

  • Ða men beóþ mid hriþingum swíþe strangum wǽcede,

    • Lchdm. ii. 258, 3.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. weihen; p. weihta mulcere, enervare
.]
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-, on-wǽcan; wácian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wǽcan.” 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/34210.

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