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á

  • adverb
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Grammar
á, <b> (ó);</b> adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §265; §564; §646;
Ever.Add: A. 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.
  • A 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,

      Sae. 315.
  • A 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, ll. 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 ðǽt 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.
  • Waes á bliacute;ðemód,

      1065; Erl. 196, 34.
  • Hí á bærndon swá hí geférdon,

      1010; Erl. 144, l. II a. of continuity in space-measurement :-- Wæs ðæt land genemnad Nazanleóg á oþ Certices ford. Chr. 508; Erl. 15, 19.
  • II b. of continuous increase or decrease (with comparatives) :---
  • Ðeós woruld is sorhful and fram dæge tó dæge á swá leng swá wyrse, 189, 6. II c. of continuous correspondence, quite (as) :-- Dá sendon hié eft Marius angeán Geoweorþan, á swá lytigne and á swábrægdenne swá hé wæs

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

      Ors. 5, 7; S. 228, 32.
  • Þǽr wæs á sw;á 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 d;ón geþrístlǽce

    nullus quippiam quamuis parum sua propria adinuentione agere presumat,

      Angl. xiii. 441, 1081.
  • B. at any time; unquarn.
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 hleona;þ oo unsméþes wiht,

      Ph. 25.
  • Nó waniaþ ó holtes frǽtwe, 72 : Cri. 313: Gen. 833.
emphasizing a question, (why)
ever
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  • Hwiacute; 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.
  • 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.
  • Hw;í 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.
v. áwa.
Etymology
[Goth.aiw: O. Sax. O. H. Ger. éo: Ger. je: Icel. ǽ, ei (ey).]
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