Wæscan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wæscan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

wacsan, waxan, wacxan, waxsan;

wæscan
p. wósc, wócs, wóx, weóx; pp. wæscen, wacsen, waxen To wash:--Heó wæsceþ his hrægl, Exon. Th. 339, 24; Gn. Ex. 99. Ðæt man cláðas waxe, Wulfst. 296, 7. Wicþénas on ðone Sætresdæg ǽgðer ge fata þweán, ge wætercláðas wacsan (waxsan, waxan, ), R. Ben. 59, 7. Wacxon hig hira reáf, Ex. 19, 10. Waxan hig ðæt innewerde, Lev. 1, 9, 13. Ðá hig hira reáf wóxon (lavissent), Ex. 19, 14. Ðæt hi heora hrægel weócsan and clǽnsodon, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 5. Hé wolde his reówan and hwítlas on sǽ wacsan (wæscan, MS. T.), 4, 31; S. 610, 11. Línene cláðas waxan, Lchdm. iii. 206, 29. Hí sculan waxan sceáp, Chart. Th. 145, 13. [O. E. Homl. waschen, weschen; p. wosch, wesch: Laym. wascen: Orm wasshenn; p. wessh: A. R. waschen; p. weosch: O. L. Ger. wascan; p. wósc: O. H. Ger. wascan; p. wuosc: Icel. vaska; p. vaskaði.] v. á-, ge-wæscan (-wacsan); un-wæscen, un-áwæscen. wæscan

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