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ǽsce

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Wright's OE grammar
§57; §404;
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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.
  • Hé angan tó befrínenne . . . Hé wearð æfter ðysse ǽscan ontend,

      Lch. iii. 432, 29.
  • Ðá áxunga ðǽre ǽscan tówríðende interrogationi interrogationem jungens, Hml. S. 23 b, 495. II. as a legal term, search for stolen cattle :-- Beó sý ǽsce forð

    let the search go on,

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

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

      352, 17.
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