CWECCAN
- verb [ weak ]
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Cweccende
torquens,
- Glos. Prudent. Recd. 147, 49.
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He cwecþ his sweord
gladium snum vibrabit,
- Ps. Th. 7, 12.
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Þegn Hróþgáres, þrymmum cwehte
Hrothgar's thane, violently quaked,
- Beo. Th. 476 ;
- B. 235 .
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Iohannes cwehte his heáfod
John shook his head,
- Ælfc. T. 36, 9.
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Hí cwehton [MS. cwehtun] heora heáfod
moverunt caput,
- Ps. Lamb. 21, 8.
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Ða wegférendan cwehton heora heáfod
the passers-by shook their heads,
- Mt. Bos. 27, 39: Mk. Bos. 15, 29.
Bosworth, Joseph. “CWECCAN.” 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/6917.
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