Ge-wǽgan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-wǽgan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-wǽgan
- p. ede; pp. ed. I. to affect, weigh down, oppress; afficere, deprimere, vexare :-- Wíne gewǽged affected by wine, Exon. 84 a; Th. 315, 34; Mód. 41. Wópe gewǽged oppressed with weeping, Bt. Met. Fox 2, 5; Met. 2, 3. Mid meteliéste gewǽgde oppressed with lack of food, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 27. II. to frustrate; frustrari, irritum facere :-- Cúþ sceal geweorþan ðæt ic gewǽgan ne mæg that which I may not frustrate shall become manifest, Exon. 117 b; Th. 452, 3; Dóm. 115.