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Wright's OE grammar
§57; §404;
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question, inquiry
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  • Uton áhsien úrne Drihten . . . Wé gehýraþ æfter ðisse ǽscan (-ean, v. l.)

    (post hanc interrogationem )

    Drihten andswariendne,

    • R. Ben. 3, 16
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  • Hé angan tó befrínenne . . . Hé wearð æfter ðysse ǽscan ontend,

    • Lch. iii. 432, 29
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  • Ðá áxunga ðǽre ǽscan tówríðende

    interrogationi interrogationem jungens,

    • Hml. S. 23 b, 495
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as a legal term, search for stolen cattle :--
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  • Beó sý ǽsce forð

    let the search go on,

    • Ll. Th. i. 234, 17
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    • 238, 9
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  • Ðæt man ne forlǽte náne ǽscan,

    • 232, 18
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    • 234, 25
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  • Fó sé syþþan tó ðe ðæt land áge and hæbbe him ðá ǽscan,

    • 352, 17
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ǽsce.” 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/37967.

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