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CWECCAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
CWECCAN, part.cweccende ; ic cwecce, ðú cwecest, cwecst, he cweceþ, cwecþ. pl. cweccaþ ; p. cwehte, cweahte , pl. cwehton, cweahton ; pp. cweaht
Wright's OE grammar
§534;
To vibrate, move; torquēre, quatĕre, vibrāre, movēre
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  • Cweccende

    torquens,

    • Glos. Prudent. Recd. 147,
    • 49.
  • He cwecþ his sweord

    gladium snum vibrabit,

    • Ps. Th. 7,
    • 12.
  • Þegn Hróþgáres, þrymmum cwehte

    Hrothgar's thane, violently quaked,

    • Beo. Th. 476
    • ;
    • B. 235
    • .
  • Iohannes cwehte his heáfod

    John shook his head,

    • Ælfc. T. 36,
    • 9.
  • cwehton [MS. cwehtun] heora heáfod

    moverunt caput,

    • Ps. Lamb. 21,
    • 8.
  • Ða wegférendan cwehton heora heáfod

    the passers-by shook their heads,

    • Mt. Bos. 27, 39: Mk. Bos. 15,
    • 29.
Etymology
[
Laym. quecchen to shake, move:
Icel. kwika to move, stir .
]
Derived forms
a-cweccan
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