Only OE. and early ME. Forms: 1 wecgan, 3rd sing. weʓeð, pa. t. weʓ(e)de, pa. pple. ʓeweʓd, 3 3rd sing. weieð, pa. t. wæide, 4 pa. pple. yweid. [OE. węcgan = OHG. wegan, MHG. wegen (weak vb., with umlaut e; distinct from OHG. wegan, MHG. wegen str. vb. = WEIGH v.1), Goth. wagjan to shake; f. Teut. root *waʓ-, ablaut-var. of *weʓ-: see WEIGH v.1] trans. To shake, toss, agitate, move about.

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a. 1000.  Boeth. Metr., vii. 35. Wyrce him siðþan his modes hus, þær he mæʓe findan … grundweal ʓearone: se to glidan ne þearf þeah hit wecge wind woruldearfoþa.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Ps. (Thorpe), cviii. 25. Hi weʓdan … heora heafod.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 20137. Swa þe hæȝe wude, þenne wind wode weieð hine mid mæine. Ibid., 21869. Heo wæiden in hære ærmen heore children ærmen.

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c. 1315.  Shoreham, Poems, I. 370. Þat makeþ man so hardiliche To stonde, and so merie Ine goste, Þat he ne may nauȝt yweid be Wiþ blanding ne wiþ boste.

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