Wácian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wácian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- wácian
- p. ode. I. of persons, to be or become weak, want resolution or courage. II. of things, to be or become weak, not able to endure, to fail :-- Ne wáciaþ ðás geweorc, Exon, Th. 351, 26; Sch. 86. Teoriaþ hwílum, wáciaþ wordbeót, 469, 22; Hy. 11, 6. III. to become poor or mean. v. wác, III :-- Wachiaþ vilescunt, Hpt. Gl. 462, 52. [Þa ældede þe king and wakede an aðelan (failede his mihte, 2nd MS.), Laym. 2938. Heo weoren swa drunken, ꝥ wakeden heore sconken, 13466. Bruttes wokeden (lost heart) þa, 26996, His heorte gon to wakien, 19798. Þi strengþe wokeþ, Misc. 101, 15. Piers P. wakie, wokie to soften: O. H. Ger. weihhén, weihhón infirmari, emarcescere.] v. á-, ge-wácian; wǽcan. wacian