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wecg

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wecg, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §319; §352;
a wedge
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  • Waecg

    cuneus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 70.
  • Wecg,

      15, 49: 137, 29.
  • Treówes on óste nægel oððe wecg on tó fæstnigenne ys

    arboris nodo clauus aut cuneus infigendus est,

      Scint. 103, 10.
a mass of metal
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  • Ǽlces cynnes wecg vel óra oððe clyna

    metallum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 67.
  • Wecg

    metallum, massa,

      Hpt. Gl. 417, 20.
  • Ðætte ðǽr wǽre ðæt héhste gód, ðǽr ðǽr ða gód ealle gegæderode bióþ, swelce hí sién tó ánum wecge gegoten,

      Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146, 20.
  • Hí behwyrfdon heora áre on sumum gyldenum wecge, and ðone on sǽ áwurpan,

      Homl. Th. i. 60, 29.
  • Berende on wecga órum, áres and ísernes, leádes and seolfres

    venis metallorum, aeris, ferri, et plumbi, et argenti faecunda,

      Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 23.
  • Seó eorðe is cennende wecga óran

    terra parens metallorum,

      Nar. 2, 15.
  • On smǽtum goldórum ł (gold-?) wecgum

    in obrizum auri metallum,

      Hpt. Gl. 449, 14.
  • Nis ná Godes wununge on ðám grǽgum stánum, ne on ǽrenum wecgum,

      Homl. Skt. i. 7, 136.
  • Lǽt ús ámyltan ða sylfrenan godas and eác swylce ða gyldenan, dǽlan siððan wǽdligum ða ámoltenan wæcgas,

      5, 234.
a piece of money
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  • Nim ðone ǽrestan fisc . . . ðú finst ǽnne wecg (

    staterem

    ) on him,
      Mt. Kmbl. 17, 27: Homl. Th. i. 512, 4.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. wecki cuneus: Icel. veggr.]
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  • wecg, n.