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ge-wǽcan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-wǽcan, -wǽcean; part. -wǽcende; p. -wǽcte, -wǽhte; pp. -wǽct, -wǽht
Wright's OE grammar
§534;
To weaken, affect, trouble, vex, afflict, oppress; affĭcĕre, affīgĕre
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  • Heó nele ða andweardan myrhþe gewǽcan mid nánre care ðære toweardan ungesǽlþe

    it will not trouble the present joy with any care for the future unhappiness,

    • Homl. Th. i. 408, 21
      • .

  • Beóton hig ðone, and mid teónum, gewǽcende, hine forléton ídelne

    illi hunc cædentes, et afficientes contŭmēlia, dīmīserunt inānem,

    • Lk. Bos. 20, 11
      • .

  • Hí mid deáþe hí gewǽceaþ

    morte affĭcient eos,

    • Mk. Bos. 13, 12
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 542, 17
      • .

  • Hig eall ðæt ríce myd forspyllednysse gewǽhton

    they destroyed all that kingdom,

    • St. And. 32, 32
      • .

  • Mid fefore gewǽht

    suffering from fever,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 516, 30
      • .

  • Gewǽht ic eom

    afflictus sum,

    • Ps. Spl. 37, 8
      • .

  • Ðe mid ðý hungre gewǽcte wǽron

    who were oppressed with the hunger,

    • Bd. 4, 13
      • ;
    • S. 582, 31
      • .

  • Gelomp us ðæt we wurdon earfoþlíce mid þurste geswencte and gewǽcte

    accidit nobis siti laborare,

    • Nar. 7, 30
      • .

  • We on ðínum yrre synt swíðe gewǽhte

    in īra tua defēcĭmus,

    • Ps. Th. 89, 9
      • :
    • Jud. 6, 2
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 396, 28
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wǽcan.” 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/16703.

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