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þeccan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
þeccan, p. þeahte, þehte; pp. þeaht
Wright's OE grammar
§301; §309; §534;
To cover,
to cover an object with something
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  • Ic wreó mé, leáfum þecce,

      Cd. Th. 53, 29; Gen. 868.
  • Ðú ðín sylf þecest líc mid leáfum,

      54, 15; Gen. 877.
  • Se ðe heofen þeceþ wolcnum

    qui operit coelum nubibus,

      Ps. Th. 146, 8.
  • Mec (

    a horn

    ) þeceþ mon golde and sylfore,
      Exon. Th. 395, 2; Rä. 15, 1.
  • Hé þeahte bearn middangeardes wonnan wǽge,

      Cd. Th. 83, 10; Gen. 1377.
  • Git eágorstreám earmum þehton,

      Beo. Th. 1031; B. 513.
  • Saga hwá mec þecce,

      Exon. Th. 381, 21; Rä. 2, 14.
  • Mec ongon hold gewédum þeccan,

      391, 13; Rä. 10, 4.
  • Hine mid hrægle wryón and sceome þeccan,

      Cd. Th. 95, 3; Gen. 1573: 58, 7; Gen. 942.
  • Wæstmum þeaht,

      115, 20; Gen. 1922.
  • Hleówfeðrum þeaht,

      165, 31; Gen. 2740.
  • Ýþum þeaht,

      Exon. Th. 392, 7; Rä. 11, 4.
  • Helmum þeahte,

      Cd. Th. 120, 3; Gen. 1989.
to serve as covering to an object. Earn ðeceþ (tegit) nest his, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 192, 31. Mec hrím þeceþ, Exon. Th. 490, 11; Rä. 79, 9. Forst and snáw eorþan þeccaþ, 215, 7; Ph. 249. Ic gealgan þehte
I was stretched upon the cross,
    Andr. Kmbl. 1932; An. 968: Apstls. Kmbl. 44; Ap. 22. Ealne middangeard mereflód þeahte, Exon. Th. 200, 18; Ph. 42: Cd. Th. 8, 1; Gen. 117. Líca gehwilc ðara ðe lífes gást þeahte every body that had within it a living spirit, 77, 28; Gen. 1282. On hwelcum hí (Weland's bones) hlǽwa hrúsan þeccen, Met. 10, 43. Sió filmen biþ þeccende and wreóde ða wambe, Lchdm. ii. 242, 17. ¶ In the following passages Grein suggests that the form is quite a different word = comburere, and Cosijn (P. B. 8, 574) takes it to be connected with þicgan (but see, þecgan); but, perhaps, the verb may be the same here as in the previous instances, and used with much the same force as wrap in
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  • Byrneþ þurh fýres feng fugel (

    the phenix

    ) mid neste ... þonne brond þeceþ heoredreórges hús,
      Exon. Th. 212, 27; Ph. 216.
  • Hine ád þeceþ,

      223, 26; Ph. 365.
  • Seó hyre bearn gesihþ brondas þeccan,

      330, 7; Vy. 47.
  • Beágas sceal brond fretan, ǽled þeccean,

      Beo. Th. 6022; B. 3015.
Etymology
[To dyche and to thecche, Piers P. 19, 232. O. L. Ger. thekkan: O. Frs. thekka: O. H. Ger. decchen tegere, operire, velare: Icel. þekja to cover.]
Similar entries
v. be-, (bi-), ge-, ofer-, un-þeccan; þeccend; þacian.
Linked entries
v.  þacian.
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