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in-stæpes

  • adverb
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Grammar
in-stæpes, -stepes; adv.
At once, immediately
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  • Se mon se ðe óðerne ácwelþ and instæpes hine sylfne ongyteþ ðæt hé mycel mán gedón hæbbe

    the man who kills another, and at once perceives himself to have done a great wrong,

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    • lickl. Homl. 65, 5
    • .
  • Hé ðá sóna instæpes geseh

    he then immediately saw,

    • 15, 27
    • .
  • Ðéh gé sóna instæpes ðǽre méde ne ne onfón,

    • 41, 13
    • .
  • Instepes,

    • 33, 19
    • .
  • Ðæt fæsten wæs ongunnen instepes ðæs ðe . . .

    the fast was begun directly after . . . ,

    • 35, 5
    • .
  • Hí flugon instæpes

    they fled forthwith,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 254
    • ;
    • El. 127.
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v.  in-stæpe.
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  • in-stæpes, adv.