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wecgan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wecgan, p. de, ede
Wright's OE grammar
§526;
To wag (trans.), move, shake
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  • Hwílum mec wonfeax wale wegeþ and þýð,

      Exon. Th. 393, 31; Rä. 13, 8: 403, 10; Rä. 22, 5.

  • Hí wecgaþ heora heáfdu

    moverunt caput,

      Ps. Th. 21, 6.

  • Wecggeaþ,

      43, 16.

  • Hwalas and hefonfuglas lyftlácende, ða ðe lago*-*streámas wecgaþ (cf. fiscas and fuglas, ealle ða ðe onhréraþ hreó wǽgas,

      Exon. Th. 194, 18; Az. 141), Cd. Th. 240, 19; Dan. 389.

  • Hwý gé ǽfre scylen unrihtfióungum eówer mód dréfan, swá swá mereflódes ýþa hréraþ íscalde sǽ, wecggaþ for winde (cf. swá swá ýþa for winde ða sǽ hréraþ,

      Bt. 39, 1; Fox 210, 25), Met. 27, 4.

  • Hig wegdan, hrérdan heora heáfod

    moverunt capita sua,

      Ps. Th. 108, 25.

  • Hí wegedon mec of earde,

      Exon. Th. 485, 30; Rä. 72, 5.

  • Ðonne ðú antiphonariam habban wille, ðonne wege ðú ðíne swíþran hand, Techm. ii. 119, 3, 5, 10,

    and often.

    Wege ðú medemlíce ðín reáf mid ðínre handa,
      119, 19: 120, 3.

  • Tácn ys ðæt mon wecge his hand,

      119, 7.

  • Wæcge,

      121, 9.

  • Þeáh hit wecge (cf. ástyroð,

      Bt. 12; Fox 36, 19) wind, Met. 7, 35.
Etymology
[Swa þe hæȝe wude þenne wind weieð hine, Laym. 20137. Goth. wagjan agitare, movere: O. H. Ger. wegen agitare, movere, vibrare, quatere.]
Similar entries
v. á-wecgan; wagian, wegan.
Linked entries
v.  a-wecgan wagian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wecgan.” 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/34924.

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