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  • Ꝥ ǽlc preósta scrífe,

      Ll. Th. ii. 258, 9.

  • Ǽlc ðǽra ðe ðás míne word gehýrð,

      Mt. 7, 24.

  • Ǽlces mé þincþ ðæt hé sié wyrþe . . . þone weorþscipe hé forgifþ ǽlcum ðára ðe hine lufað,

      Bt. 27, 2; F. 96, 29-32.

  • Hira geféra ælces ðára ðe wel doo,

      Past. 75, 12.

  • Unscildig eówres ǽlces blódes, 379, 14. (1 a)

    combined with

    án :-- Nim ðyssa wyrta ǽlcre ánre swá micel swá ðára óþra,
      Lch. iii. 72, 14.

  • On ǽlcum ánum hí sint ealle, Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 15. (1 b) with óþer,

    where there is reciprocal action

    :-- Bere eówer ǽlc óðres byrðenne,
      Past. 219, 12.

  • Þurh ðæt ðe hí him sylfe ǽlc óþerne forfóre,

      Chr. 1052; P. 181, 22.

  • Hí þegniað ǽlc óðum,

      Met. 25, 12.
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  • Hwílum on áne healfe, hwílum on ǽlce healfe, Chr. 892; P. 82, 34. (2 a)

    combined with

    án :-- Ǽlc án hagelstán wegeð fíf pund,
      Wlfst. 228, 6.

  • On ǽlcre ánre talentan wæs lxxx punda, Ors. 4, 6; S. 170, 28. (2 b) in plural,

    all

    :-- Wæs hé ǽlcum witum láþ,
      Bt. 28; F. 100, 27.

  • On ǽlcum þingum,

      R. Ben. 15, 20.

  • Se ilca is wendende ǽlce onwaldas,

      Ors. 2, 1; S. 64, 2.

  • Ǽlce misdǽda ágyldan,

      Ll. Th. i. 328, 15.
  • Hí forbudon ǽlce wífunga, ii. 374, 35: 286, 30.

  • Ǽlce wígwǽpna lǽte man stille,

      Wlfst. 170, 8.
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  • Búton ǽlcon þegne Créca lond sécan,

      Ors. 4, 1; S. 156, 32.

  • Búton ǽlcre hreówe,

      2, 1; S. 64, 7: Past. 37, 2.

  • Búton ǽlcere méder . . . búton ǽlcum eorðlicum fæder,

      Hml. Th. ii. 6, 5-7.

  • On ánum báte bútan ǽlcum geréþrum,

      Chr. 891; P. 82, 19.

  • Wiðútan ǽlcon wǽpnon, 1086; P. 220, 28. II a. combined with án :-- Bútan ǽlcre ánre tale (

    printed

    arentale),
      Cht. Th. 563, 16. See also ǽfre,
III.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ǽlc.” 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/37774.

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