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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-weccan

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1 ge-weccan

I. to rouse from sleep :-- In scip slépende from frohtendum gewaehten wæs in nave dormiens a periclitantibus excitatus, Mt. p. 15, 18. I a. to rouse from the sleep of death, raise the dead :-- Foerende ðá deáda gewæcca dohter uadens mortuam suscitare filiam :-- Mk. p. 3, 7. Geweht ꝥ mǽden suscitans puellam, Mt. p. 16, 3. II. to excite, stir up :-- Ðá biscopas gewehtun (-wæhton, L.) ðone ðreót pontifices concitauerunt turbam, Mk. R. 15, 11. ge-weccan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᛖᚳᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
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