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  • adverb
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á, (ó); adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §265; §564; §646;
Ever.
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always; semper.
in reference to eternity.
alone
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  • Ealle gesceafta woldon á bión; ǽlcere wuhte is gecynde ðæt hit wilnige ðæt hit á sié,

    • Bt. 34, 12
      • ;
    • F. 152, 18
      • .
defined by adverbs
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  • Á forþ éce,

    • Az. 112
      • .

  • Á forþ heonan,

    • Cri. 582
      • .
emphasized by noun phrases
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  • Ǽfre sig Dryhten gebletsod, á worulda woruld,

    • Nic. 19, 24
      • .

  • Á on worlda forþ,

    • Hy. 7, 123
      • .

  • Á tó worulde forþ,

    • 6, 13
      • .

  • Á tó worulde, á bútan ende,

    • Sat. 315
      • .

  • Á bútan ende éce,

    • Cri. 415
      • .

  • Á tó ealdre,

    • Dóm. 29
      • .

  • Á tó feore,

    • Cri. 1678
      • .
denoting continuity or continual recurrence in temporary matters
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  • Á þenden standeþ woruld,

    • Gen. 915
      • :
    • B. 283
      • .

  • Á fordh

    in dies,

    • Txts. 70, 529
      • .

  • Forþ unwemme á,

    • Cri. 300
      • .

  • Á mid ældum in ǽlce tíd geweorþad,

    • 405
      • .

  • Ús freódóm gief from yfla gehwám á tó wídan feore,

    • Hy. 5, 11
      • .

  • Á in wintra worn,

    • Dan. 324
      • .

  • Á ic symles wæs willan þínes georn,

    • An. 64
      • .

  • Ic á and symble cwæþ,

    • Ps. 94, 10
      • .

  • Á on symbel

    semper,

    • Gr. D. 283, 6
      • .

  • On ðá gerád ðæt hí gecuron heora kynecyn áá on ðá wífhealfa,

    • Chr. Erl. p. 3, 16
      • .

  • Of Angle sé á syððan stód wéstig,

    • 449
      • ;
    • Erl. 13, 16
      • .

  • Áá after ðám hit yfelode,

    • 975
      • ;
    • Erl. 127, 32
      • .

  • Hé wíslíce rǽdde oftost á simle,

    • 959
      • ;
    • Erl. 119, 26
      • .

  • Wæs á blíðemód,

    • 1065
      • ;
    • Erl. 196, 34
      • .

  • Hí á bærndon swá hí geférdon,

    • 1010
      • ;
    • Erl. 144, 1
      • .
of continuity in space-measurement :--
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  • Wæs ðæt land genemnad Nazanleóg á oþ Certices ford,

    • Chr. 508
      • ;
    • Erl. 15, 19
      • .
of continuous increase or decrease (with comparatives) :---
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  • Sceal him ðanan forð á þe bet belimpan,

    • Wlfst. 39, 11
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  • Ðeós woruld is sorhful and fram dæge tó dæge á swá leng swá wyrse,

    • 189, 6
      • .
of continuous correspondence, quite (as) :--
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  • Ðá sendon hié eft Marius angeán Geoweorþan, á swá lytigne and á swá brægdenne swá hé wæs

    Marius, qui non minore pene quam ipse praeditus erat astutia,

    • Ors. 5, 7
      • ;
    • S. 228, 32
      • .

  • Þǽr wæs á swá micel dem swá on Alexandria wæs,

    • 6, 14
      • ;
    • S. 270, 2
      • .
making a condition emphatic
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  • Nán ǽnig þing þeáh þe á lytel

    (anything though always small, though never great)

    hys ágenre findincge dón geþrístlǽce

    nullus quippiam quamuis parum sua propria adinuentione agere presumat,

    • Angl. xiii. 441, 1081
      • .
at any time; unquam.
in any case, at all
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  • Mid máran unrǽde ðone him á behófode

    (than was at all proper for him),

    • Chr. 1093
      • ;
    • Erl. 229, 3
      • .

  • Gif hé ó wǽre gecnyssed mid mænniscre herenesse,

    • Gr. D. 59, 28
      • .

  • Eá lá ! ðæt ðú á woldest sǽne weorþan,

    • An. 203
      • .

  • Hwæðer siððan á Drihten ámetan wolde wrece be gewyrhtum,

    • Met. 9, 34
      • .
strengthening a negation
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  • Hié á noldon,

    • Dan. 189
      • .

  • Nó ðæs fela . . . ðæt á se ríca récan wolde,

    • 596
      • :
    • B. 779
      • .

  • Ne ðǽr hleonaþ oo unsméþes wiht,

    • Ph. 25
      • .

  • Nó waniaþ ó holtes frǽtwe,

    • 72
      • :
    • Cri. 313
      • :
    • Gen. 833
      • .
emphasizing a question, (why) ever
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  • Hwí eów á lyste

    (cf. hwí gé wilnigen,
    • Bt. F. 68, 26
    ),
    • Met. 10, 18
      • .
in any degree, any (with comparatives)
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  • Ne oncnáwð á lengc stówe

    non cognoscet amplius locum,

    • Ps. L. 102, 16
      • :
    • An. 1469
      • :
    • H. R. 17, 22
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  • Hwæþer ðú hit á sweotolor ongiton mæge,

    • Bt. 34, 4
      • ;
    • F. 138, 16: 35, 5
      • ;
    • F. 166, 23: 30, 1
      • ;
    • F. 108, 28
      • .

  • Á lator,

    • Gr. D. 59, 19
      • .

  • Hwí eart ðú ðonne á ðý betera,

    • Bt. 13
      • ;
    • F. 38, 9
      • .

  • Wénst ðú ðæt hí á þe deórwyrþran seón,

    • 14, 2
      • ;
    • F. 44, 2: 27, 2
      • ;
    • F. 98, 9
      • .
[Omit the part within brackets at end of á.]
Etymology
[
Goth. aiw
:
O. Sax. O. H. Ger. éo
:
Ger. je
:
Icel. ǽ, ei (ey)
.]
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v. áwa.
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v.  á-bet.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “á.” 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/37304.

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