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AC

  • conjunction
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Grammar
AC, ach, ah, oc; conj.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §310; §311; §411; §560; §562;
but; sed
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  • Ne com ic ná towurpan, ac gefyllan

    non veni solvere, sed adimplere,

    • Mt. Bos. 5, 17
    • .
  • Brytwalas fultumes bǽdon wið Peohtas, ac hí næfdon nǽnne

    the Brito-Welsh begged assistance against the Picts, but they had none,

    • Chr. 443; Erl. 11, 34
    • .
for, because; nam, enim, quia
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  • Ne se aglǽca yldan þóhte, ac he geféng hraðe slǽpendne rinc

    nor did the wretch mean to delay, for he quickly seized a sleeping warrior,

    • Beo. Th. 1484
    • ;
    • B. 740
    • .
  • Ðú ne þearft onsittan wíge, ac né-fuglas [wig, eácne MS.] blódig sittaþ þicce gefylled

    thou needest not oppress with war, because carrion birds sit bloody quite satiated (lit. thickly filled ),

    • Cd. 98; Th. 130, 12
    • ;
    • Gen. 2158
    • .
but also, but yet; sed etiam, sed et, sed tamen
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  • Ná læs weoruld men, ac eác swylce ðæt Drihtnes eowde

    not only men of the world, but also [sed etiam Bd.] the Lord's flock.

    • Bd. 1, 14 ; S. 482, 25
    • .
  • Ða cwican nó genihtsumedon ðæt hí ða deádan bebyrigdon, ac hwæðere ða ðe lífigende wǽron nóht dón woldon

    the living were not sufficient to bury the dead, but yet those who were living would do nothing,

    • Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 32: 2, 7
    • ;
    • S. 509, 13
    • .
  • Ac swylce tunge mín ǽlce dæge smeáþ rightwísnysse ðíne

    sed et lingua mea tota die meditabitur justitiam tuam,

    • Ps. Spl. 70, 26
    • .
Etymology
[R.
Glouc. Orm. ac
:
Laym. ac, æc, ah
:
Scot. ac
:
O. Sax. ak
:
O. H. Ger. oh
;
Goth. ak
.]
Linked entries
v.  ach ah oc.
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  • AC, con.