Á-cwician

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - á-cwician

According to the Old English Dictionary:

á-cwician
Add: I. intrans. (1) to become lively:--Þurh his (the west wind) blǽd ácuciað ealle eorðlice blǽda, Lch. iii. 274, 20. Se Crístendóm ácucode, Hml. S. 29, 330. Se ðe on óðrum dagum sleac wǽre tó gódnesse, hé sceal on ðisum dagum ácucian on gódum biggengum, Hml. Th. ii. 100, 23 ( = Wlfst. 286, 9). Se seóca mann eft ácwicod aeger redivivus, Gr. D. 90, 7. (2) to come to life:--Ealle deáde menn mannes bearnes stefne gehýrað, and hí ealle ácuciað, Hml. S. 23, 385. On niht hé forþférde, ac on dagunge hé eft ácwicode, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 13. II. trans. To make lively; vivificare, Ps. Th. 118, 159. [O. Sax. á-quikót come to life. Cf. O. H. Ger. arquicchen recreare, vivificare.] a-cwician
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