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wreccan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wreccan, p. wreahte, wrehte ; pp. wreaht, wreht.
to raise, lift up
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  • Wreceþ to rǽde Drihten ðara manna bearn ðe sér man gebræc

    Dominus erigit elisos,

      Ps. Th. 145, 7.
to take up, undertake
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  • Ðæm hé hætde beboden ðæt hé scolde þearfena and earmra monna ǽrendo wreccan

    cui suscipiendorum inopum erat cura delegata,

    • Bd. 3, 6
    • ;
    • M. 166, 4.
to rouse
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  • Ðúðe ært fæder dæs suna ðe ús áwehte, and gyt wrehð of ðam slépe fire synna,

      Shrn. 166, 9.
  • Ðec regna scúr weceþ and wreceþ, swá wildu deór,

    • Cd. Th. 252, 11
    • ;
    • Dan. 577.
  • Wé feóllan on slǽpe, ac hé læg þurhwacol, and wræhte ús siððan,

      Homl. Skt. i. 11, 241.
  • Hié wrehton cumbolwigan,

    • Judth. Thw. 25, 5
    • ;
    • Jud. 243: 24, 37
    • ;
    • Jud. 228.
  • Ne sceal hé nó ðæt án dón ðæt hé ána wacie, ac hé sceal eác his friénd wreccan

    non solum ut ipse vigilel, sed etiam ut amicum suscitet, admonetur,

    • Past. 28
    • ;
    • Swt. 193, 21.
  • Héht hé mid ǽrdæge wígend wreccan,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 211
    • ;
    • El. 106.
Etymology
[
He of his eyre briddes wrahte (wraȝte, wrauhte, v. ll. ),
    O. and N. 106.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, ǽrend-
    (Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 20)
wreccan; wrehtend.
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v.  a-wreccan ge-wreccan wræccan wrehtend.
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