Weócan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - weócan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- Weócan
- accendilia, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 46: cicindilia, 284, 26. Wiócum cicindilibus, stuppulis, Hpt. Gl. 470, 77. Weócum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 43 : 131, 13. [Wex on þe candele sene, þe wueke wiðinnen unsene in candela cera exterius, luminulum interius, O. E. Homl. ii. 47, 32. As wex and a weke were twyned togideres. . . . And as wex and weyke. . . , Piers P. 17, 204, 206. Weyke of a candel lichinius, weyke of a lampe ticendulum (l. cicendulum. lichinus, Wülck. Gl. 592, 30 : 721, 43. M. Du. wieke: M. H. Ger. wieche licinia. Cf. O. H. Ger. wioh lucubrum.] v. candel-, cláþ-weóce. weocan