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to raise up
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  • Gemiltsa mín and áwrecce (resuscita) mé,

      Ps. Spl. 40, 11.
to arouse,
from sleep
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  • Heó gemétte þæt cild slápende and hit áwrehte,

      Hml. Th. i. 566, 18.

  • Þú mé áwrehtest,

      23.

  • Hine áwrehte Godes engel,

      Hml. S. 18, 162.

  • Áwræhte (-wrehte),

      15, 62.

  • Man hí áwreccan ne mihte,

      35, 69.

  • Mid gehlýde hine áwreccan,

      Hml. A. 113, 361.

  • Of slǽpe áwreht,

      Hml. Th. i. 60, 19.

  • Wurdon ðá óðre áwrehte mid þám sange,

      ii. 518, 30.
from death
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  • Ðú áwrecst ðá deádan,

      Hml. S. 24, 93.

  • Beóð ealle áwrehte of þæs deáðes slǽpe,

      Hml. Th. ii. 568, 33.
referring to the mind,
to arouse, excite,
a person
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  • Se apostol ús áwrehte þæt wé of slǽpe úre ásolcennysse árison,

      Hml. Th. i. 602, 8.

  • Áwrece ðé sylfne tó mínre sprǽce,

      Bas. 34, 3.

  • Hé his mód áwrecce of gedwyldum,

      Hml. A. 53, 74.

  • Wæs áwræht ł áwæht swylce slápende Drihten

    excitatus est tamquam dormiens Dominus,

      Ps. L. 77, 65.
a feeling, energy,
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  • Áwræc (excita) þíne mihte,

      Ps. L. 79, 3.

  • Ꝥ hí áwræccan ne magon mid heora plegan ǽnige gálnysse,

      Hml. S. 35, 65.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-wreccan.” 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/39366.

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