v. Obs. [OE. wreccan (wreahte, wrehte; wreaht, wreht) to arouse, undertake, raise. Cf. MDu. wrecken, NFris, wräki to waken, wräken (adj.) awake.] trans. To rouse, arouse; to bring to life.
c. 897. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., xxviii. 193. Ne sceal he no ðæt an don ðæt he ana waciʓe, ac he sceal eac his friend wreccean [v.r. wreccan].
c. 1000. Ælfric, Saints’ Lives, xi. 241. We feollan on slæpe…, ac he læʓ þurh-wacol…, and wræhte us siððan.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 106. Þo hit bycom þat he hayhte [= hatched] & of his eyre briddes wrauhte [Cott. wraȝte].
