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Old English
Etymology
From ā- + cweċċan.
Pronunciation
Verb
ācweċċan
- (transitive) to shake, brandish
- c. 1000, The Battle of Maldon, lines 308-9
Byrhtwold maþelode, bord hafenode; se wæs eald geneat, æsc acwehte- Byrhtwold spoke, raised his shield; he was an old companion; he shook his spear
Conjugation
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