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wærcan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wærcan, p. wærhte.
(used impersonally)
to pain
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  • Gif hine innan wærce,

      Lchdm. ii. 272, 11.
  • Gif ða þeóh wærce,

      312, 7.
  • Ðonne monnes wambe wærce oððe rysle,

      318, 20.
to suffer pain(?),
be troubled
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  • Ic werhte eom

    exercitatus sum (if werhte can be taken as the past tense of the verb, eom is superfluous ),

      Ps. Spl. 76, 3.
Etymology
[v. Jamieson's Dictionary, wark, werk to ache: Dan. værke, det værker i mit Hoved my head aches.]
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v.  werhte.
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