单词 | wecche |
释义 | † wecchev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To rouse from sleep. (Cf. awecche v. 1a.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > wake or rouse [verb (transitive)] wecchec897 aweccheeOE wakenc1175 awake?c1225 upwakea1325 wakec1369 ruthec1400 daw1470 awaken1513 to stir up1526 dawn1530 to call up1548 unsleep1555 rouse1563 abraid1590 amove1591 arousea1616 dissleep1616 expergefy1623 start?1624 to rouse out1825 c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care lxiv. 461 Se kok..ærðæmðe he crawan wille, hefð up his fiðru, & wecð hine selfne. OE Crist III 886 Englas ælbeorhte on efen blawað byman on brehtme..Weccað of deaðe dryhtgumena bearn, eall monnacynn. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 401 Oht-liche heom slæð on & weccheð heom of slepa. c1300 St. Brandan 446 That hi ne weiȝte noȝt the [sleeping] fisches, leste hi here schip breke. 13.. Seuyn Sag. (W.) 1628 Thous [he] the king bigan to wechche, And saide, ‘Sire, vp! vp! hit is dai!’ a1400 K. Alis. 2925 We weore aslepe, Darie us wight. 2. To stir up, excite (e.g. wind, fire, passion, strife). (Cf. awecche v. 3b.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > affect with passion or strong emotion [verb (transitive)] > to rouse passion wecchec900 lighta1413 esprise1490 enfire1603 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iv. iii. 268 Forþon Drihten lyfte ontyneð, windas weceð. OE Beowulf 2046 Onginneð geomormod geongum cempan..wigbealu weccean. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 137 Ne beo þu noht..wilful to wecchen lust þar to. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 161 [The devil] weccheð among hem flite and win. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8093 Þe wind wæht [c1300 Otho wehte] þat fur þat hit wunderliche. born. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.c897 |
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