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Old English Dictionary Entry

A-wacan

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1 a-wacan

p. -wóc, pl. -wócon ; pp. -wacen ; I. to AWAKE; expergisci, expergefieri, evigilare :-- Awóc of ðam slǽpe awoke from sleep, Gen. 9, 24. Awóc Pharao expergefactus est Pharao, 41, 4, 7. II. to wake into being, to arise, be born; oriri, provenire, nasci :-- Twá þeóda awócon two nations arose, Cd. 124; Th. 158, 11 ; Gen. 2615.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚹᚪᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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