A-wácian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - a-wácian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-wácigan ;

a-wácian
p. ode; pp. od ; or effeminate, to languish, decline, fail, fall away, relax, to be indolent; infirmari, deficere, recedere :-- Awácode mid langre ealdunge weakened with old age, Gr. Dial. 2, 15. Awáciaþ on ðære costnunge tíman in tempore tentationis recedunt, Lk. Bos. 8, 13. Ðæt ne awácodon wereda Drihtne that they might not fall away from the Lord of hosts, Cd. 183; Th. 229, 20; Dan. 220. Gif he ná ne awácaþ if he never relax, L. Pen. 12; Th. ii. 280, 29. v. ge-wácian, on-. a-wacian

Related words: intrans. To grow weak

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