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wealcian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wealcian, p. ode
To roll up, muffle up
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  • Hefeldþrǽdum liða weal*-*cedon

    liciis arliculos obvolverent,

      Hpt. Gl. 489, 56.
Etymology
[Þe sipes in see walkede, Laym. 12040, 2nd MS. Generally the word=to walk, go Hu me schal liggen, slepen, walkien, A. R. 4, 8. Ðe desert he walkeden ðurg,
    Gen. and Ex. 3882.
Ihesu walkide in to Galilee,
    Wick. Jn. 7, 1.
I haue walked ful wide, Piers P. 5, 537. Icel. valka (wk.) to roll.]
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v. wealcan.
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