On-wealcan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - on-wealcan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

on-wealcan
:-- Dryhtnes bibod geofonflóda gehwylc georne behealdeþ ðonne merestreámas wæter onwealcaþ each ocean flood carefully observes the Lord's command, when the sea-streams make the water roll, Exon. Th. 193, 25; Az. 127. Cf. Sóna swá ðú geseó ðæt ðú hyre (the mandrake) geweald hæbbe, genim hý sóna on hand, swá andwealc hí, and gewring ðæt wós of hyre leáfon, Th. An. 116, 22. on-wealcan

Related words: trans. To roll

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