Wacian

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

(I b)

wacian

add :-- Ðeáh ðæt mód slǽpe gódra weorca, hit wacað on ðǽm ymbhogum ðisse worlde . . . Swá hit gebyreð ðæt ðæt mód slíépð ðæs ðe hit wacian sceolde, and wacað ðæs ðe hit slǽpan sceolde, Past. 431, 25-28. (2) add: (a) to watch as a guard :-- Ofer him wacað se Scippend ealra gesceafta, Past. 391, 21. ¶ where the subject is a personal attribute :-- In þám mynstre wacode þæs láreówes ymbhoga, Gr. D. 28, 23. (. 3) to keep a vigil for prayer or religious observance :-- Hí hyre líc bebyrigdon . . . and þǽr gelóme wacodon, Hml. S. 7, 249. Hí wacodon þá niht wið þá byrgene biddende God, 21, 120. wacian