† wecche, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 weccan, 3 wecche, 4 wechche. pa. tense 3 wæht(e, wehte, 3–4 weiȝt(t)e, 4 wight.
[OE. węccan = OHG. wecchen (mod.G. wecken), ON. vekja, Goth. (us-) wakjan, f. root *wak-: see wake v.]
1. trans. To rouse from sleep. (Cf. awecche v. 1.)
| c 897 ælfred Gregory's Past. C. lxiv. 461 Se kok..ærðæmðe he crawan wille, hefð up his fiðru, & wecð hine selfne. a 900 Crist 889 (Gr.) Englas ælbeorhte on efen blawað byman on brehtme,..weccað of deaðe dryhtgumena bearn. c 1205 Lay. 798 Ohtliche heom slæð on & weccheð heom of slepa. c 1300 St. Brandan 446 That hi ne weiȝte noȝt the [sleeping] fisches, leste hi here schip breke. 13.. K. Alis. 2925 We weore aslepe, Darie us wight. 13.. Seuyn Sag. (W.) 1628 Thous [he] the king bigan to wechche, And saide, ‘Sire, vp! vp! hit is dai!’ |
2. To stir up, excite (e.g. wind, fire, passion, strife). (Cf. awecche v. 2.)
| Beowulf 2046 Onginneð ᵹeomormod ᵹeongum cempan..wiᵹbealu weccean. c 900 Bæda's Hist. iv. iii. (1890) 268 Forþon Drihten lyfte ontyneð, windas weceð. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 137 Ne beo þu noht..wilful to wecchen lust þar to. Ibid. 161 [The devil] weccheð among hem flite and win. c 1205 Lay. 16216 Þe wind wæht [c 1275 wehte] þat fur þæt hit wunderliche born. |