Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

wreccan

  • verb [ weak ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
wreccan, p. wreahte, wrehte ; pp. wreaht, wreht.
to raise, lift up
Show examples

  • Wreceþ to rǽde Drihten ðara manna bearn ðe sér man gebræc

    Dominus erigit elisos,

      Ps. Th. 145, 7.
to take up, undertake
Show examples

  • Ðæm hé hætde beboden ðæt hé scolde þearfena and earmra monna ǽrendo wreccan

    cui suscipiendorum inopum erat cura delegata,

    • Bd. 3, 6
      • ;
    • M. 166, 4.
to rouse
Show examples

  • Ðúðe ært fæder dæs suna ðe ús áwehte, and gyt wrehð of ðam slépe fire synna,

      Shrn. 166, 9.

  • Ðec regna scúr weceþ and wreceþ, swá wildu deór,

    • Cd. Th. 252, 11
      • ;
    • Dan. 577.

  • Wé feóllan on slǽpe, ac hé læg þurhwacol, and wræhte ús siððan,

      Homl. Skt. i. 11, 241.

  • Hié wrehton cumbolwigan,

    • Judth. Thw. 25, 5
      • ;
    • Jud. 243: 24, 37
      • ;
    • Jud. 228.

  • Ne sceal hé nó ðæt án dón ðæt hé ána wacie, ac hé sceal eác his friénd wreccan

    non solum ut ipse vigilel, sed etiam ut amicum suscitet, admonetur,

    • Past. 28
      • ;
    • Swt. 193, 21.

  • Héht hé mid ǽrdæge wígend wreccan,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 211
      • ;
    • El. 106.
Etymology
[
He of his eyre briddes wrahte (wraȝte, wrauhte, v. ll. ),
    O. and N. 106.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, ǽrend-
    (Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 20)
wreccan; wrehtend.
Linked entries
v.  a-wreccan ge-wreccan wræccan wrehtend.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wreccan.” 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/36619.

Checked: 1
Full form

Word-wheel

  • wreccan, v.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.