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as adverb answering question how often
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  • Ǽlce dæg ǽne

    semel per diem,

    • Jos. 6, 3
      • .

  • Oft næs ǽne,

    • Wlfst. 243, 2
      • :
    • El. 1253
      • .

  • Oftor ðonne ǽne,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 334, 1
      • .

  • Ǽne ðrowade Críst ðurh hine sylfne, ac dæghwomlíce bið his þrowung geedníwod þurh gerýnu ðæs húsles,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 276, 10
      • .

  • Ná ǽne ac ǽfre,

    • Hml. S. 1, 141
      • .
as multiplier :---
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  • Ǽne seofon beóð seofon

    • Angl. viii. 304, 28.
with ordinal force, a first time
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  • Ðá wæs se deófol ǽne oferswíðed. . . . Ðá wæs se deófol óðere síðe oferswíðed,

    • Hml. Th. i. 168, 35-170, 31
      • .

  • Hí hine swungon ǽne and óðre síðe,

    • ii. 302, 9
      • .

  • Ǽne hé sende and eft,

    • i. 522, 1
      • .
marking indefinite time, once, at any time
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  • Hweðer ðá ðe ðǽr beóð ǽne

    semel

    besæncte, sculon hí ðǽr beón aa byrnende,

    • Gr. D. 334, 4
      • :
    • 108, 24
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  • Sé ðe ǽne ðǽron befylð, ne wyrð hé nǽfre álýsed,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 352, 29
      • :
    • Hml. S. 23, 375
      • .

  • Gif ðú ǽne behátest Gode hé wyle ðonne habban ðæt ðú him behéte,

    • Hex. 50, 4
      • .
of past time, once, at some former time
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  • Ðá ðe ǽne mid sygefæstum deáde middangeard oferswíððe,

    • Hml. Th. i. 84, 31
      • .

  • Þurh ðé Freá ǽne ón ðás eorðan út síðade,

    • Cri. 329
      • .

  • Ic ðé ǽne ábealh, ðá wit Adam eaples þigdon,

    • Sat. 410
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at once
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  • Ǽne ic fare tó ðé and ádílgige ðé

    semel ascendam in medio tui et delebo te,

    • Ex. 33, 5
      • .

  • Ðanne samod becumað eall engla werod . . . ǽne bið geban micel,

    • Dóm. L. 128
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ǽne.” 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/37855.

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