Old English · verb
weccan
Normalised weċċan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 1
- IPA
- /ˈwet.t͡ʃɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈwet · t͡ʃɑn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- rousewake
Meaning
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to wake, rouse
Weċċað of dēaðe dryhtgumena bearn, eall monna cynn, tō meotudsċeafte eġeslīċ of þǣre ealdan moldan, hātað hȳ upp āstandan snēome of slǣpe þȳ fæstan.
They will wake the children of Lord’s men from the death, whole mankind, fearful to the doom of this old world; they will call to stand up at once from the steady sleep.
10th century, Christ III:
Conjugation
All forms (15)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną. Doublet of wæċċan.
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