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wæcnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wæcnan, p. ede
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
To waken, arise, spring
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  • Ne wæs hit lenge, ðæt se ecghete (secg hete,

      MS.)
    æfter wælníðe wæcnan scolde, Beo. Th. 171; B. 85.
  • Of idese biþ eafora wæcned,

      Cd. Th. 144, 20; Gen. 2392.
[Þat ter walde wakenen of wif and weres somninge worldes weole, H. M. 31, 5. Þu art walle of waisdom, ant euch wunne wakeneð ant waxeð of þe, Marh. 11, 1. He began to wakne, Havel. 2164. Ther wakeneth in the world wondred ant wee, P. S. 152, 17. Also transitive
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  • Itt iss waccnedd off slæp þurh þatt te faderr stireþþ itt and waccneþþ,

      Orm. 5845.
  • Thai wakned Crist,

      Met. Homl. 134, 9.
  • Goth. ga-waknan to become awake: Icel. vakna.]
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v. á-, on-wæcnan,
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v.  a-wacnian.
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