Weócan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weócan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: Cath. Angl. 412), Prompt. Parv. 520. The weke of a candele

Definitions

1 Weócan

accendilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 46: cicindilia, 284, 26. Wiócum cicindilibus, stuppulis, Hpt. Gl. 470, 77. Weócum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 43 : 131, 13. [Wex on þe candele sene, þe wueke wiðinnen unsene in candela cera exterius, luminulum interius, O. E. Homl. ii. 47, 32. As wex and a weke were twyned togideres. . . . And as wex and weyke. . . , Piers P. 17, 204, 206. Weyke of a candel lichinius, weyke of a lampe ticendulum (l. cicendulum. lichinus, Wülck. Gl. 592, 30 : 721, 43. M. Du. wieke: M. H. Ger. wieche licinia. Cf. O. H. Ger. wioh lucubrum.]

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛖᚩᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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