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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

  1. 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

Conjugation of weccan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular weċċeweahte
2nd singular weċestweahtest
3rd singular weċeþweahte
Plural weċċaþweahton
Subjunctive
Singular weċċeweahte
Plural weċċenweahten
Non-finite forms of weccan
Form
Infinitive weċċan
Inflected infinitive weċċenne
Imperative singular weċe
Imperative plural weċċaþ
Present participle weċċende
Past participle weahtġeweaht

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną. Doublet of wæċċan.

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