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losian

  • verb [ weak ]
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losian, p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
To perish, be lost, stray, escape
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  • 'Drihten ic losige.' Cweþ 'ic losige' ðý læs ðe ðú losige '

    Lord, I perish.' Say 'I perish,' lest thou perish,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 394, 1-2
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  • Hwílum losaþ sió stemn

    sometimes the voice is lost,

    • L. M. 2, 51
      • ;
    • Lchdm, ii. 264, 14
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  • Hwæt losaþ ǽfre ðam ælmihtigan Gode

    what is ever lost to the Almighty God?

    • Homl. Skt. 11, 278
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  • Gif hwylc mann hæfþ hund sceápa and him losaþ án of ðám ... ða nigon and hundnigontig ðe ná ne losedon

    si fuerint alicui centum oves et erraverit una ex eis ... nonaginta novem, quæ non erraverunt,

    • Mt. Kmbl.18, 12, 13
      • :
    • Homl. Th. i. 338, 27
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  • Nó hé on helm losaþ

    she shall not escape into shelter,

    • Beo. Th. 2789
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    • B. 1392
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  • Ealra ðæra sáwla ðe þurh ðæt losiaþ

    all the souls that perish through that,

    • L. I. P. 19
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 328, 37
      • .

  • Ðæt sǽd ðe feóll be ðam wege mid twýfealdre dare losode

    [perished],

    • Homl. Th. ii. 90, 14.

  • Ðá losade hió him sóna

    she was at once lost to him,

    • Bt. 35, 6
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    • Fox 170, 15
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  • Hé onweg losade

    he escaped,

    • Beo. Th. 4199
      • ;
    • B. 2096
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  • Fíftig þurh fleám onweg losedon

    quinquaginta fuga lapsos esse,

    • Bd. 2, 2
      • ;
    • S. 504, 6
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  • Dý læs ðe ðú losige

    ne tu pereas,

    • Gen. 19, 15
      • .

  • Gif hé losige and hine mon eft gefó

    if he escape and be caught a second time,

    • L. Alf. pol. 7
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    • Th. i. 66, 11
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    • 1
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    • Th. i. 60, 17
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  • Gif hit [feoh] him losige,

    • 20
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    • Th. i. 74, 17
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  • Gaderiaþ ða láfe and hí ne losion

    gather the remnants, and let them not be lost,

    • Homl. Th. i. 182, 21
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  • Ne sceal hé for ðám læssan losian

    he shall not be lost for the lesser sins,

    • ii. 336, 22.

  • Swá swá seó beó sceal losian, ðonne heó hwæt yrringa stingþ,

    • Bt. 31, 2
      • ; F
    • ox 112, 26
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  • Ðætte nú foraldod is ðæt is forneáh losad

    quod enim antiquatur, prope interitum est,

    • Past. 30
      • ;
    • Swt. 205, 9
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  • Ðonne ðé mon ǽrest secge ðæt ðín ceáp sý losod,

    • Lchdm. iii. 60, 9
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    • L. Eth. ii. 8
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    • Th. i. 288, 15
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  • Mé syndon losode fóta gangas

    effusi sunt gressus mei,

    • Ps. Th. 72, 1
      • .
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v. ge-losian.
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v.  lorian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “losian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21850.

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