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á-weccan

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to wake (trans.) from sleep, raise from the dead
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  • Hwílon láreow mín áwecþ mé stíþlíce mid gyrde,

      Coll. M. 35, 31.

  • Ic míne frýnd áweahte,

      Nar. 30, 32.

  • God hine áweahte tó onliésanne ðá gehæftan on helle,

      Past. 443, 9.

  • Iern and áwece hine,

      193, 18.

  • Áwece úrne deádan bróðor,

      Gr. D. 84, 14.
to arouse a person from quiescence, to excite to feeling or action, stir up
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  • Hé (John) þǽre módor innoþas ongeán þám Godes suna áweahte,

      Bl. H. 167, 6.

  • Wearþ se drý áweht wiþ ðám apostolum,

      173, 18.

  • Hig wǽron ongeán hyne mid yrre áwehte,

      Nic. 14, 17.

  • Sceolan wé beón áwehte and onbryrde tó godcundre láre,

      Bl. H. 33, 23.
to arouse, excite passion,
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  • Ðás ilcan geornfulnesse Paulus áweahte

    (excitat)

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      Past. 139, 1.

  • Bið áweaht se anga ðǽre wrǽnnesse,

      309, 15.

  • Ealles líchoman ádla weorþað áweahte,

      Lch. ii. 218, 21.

  • Beóð áwecte (á-wehte-wehte,v. l.)

    andan, saca and tala,

      R. Ben. 124, 17.
Etymology
[
Goth. us-wakjan
:
O. H. Ger. ar-wecken.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-weccan.” 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/39292.

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