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á-sceacan

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to shake off, remove by shaking
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  • Ic of ásceace (-scace, v. l.) excutio, ic on ásceace

    incutio,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 169, 8, 9.

  • Ásceacan excutere, ásceacene

    excussam, expulsam,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 20, 21.
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  • Hé áscóc hí (

    the viper

    ) in tó fýre,
      Hml. Th. i. 574, 15.

  • Ásceaccað asca,

      Lk. L. 9, 5.
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  • Gif hé his fram áscæcð yfelu

    si sua discusserit mala,

      Scint. 164, 2.

  • Hé his sáwle him from ásceóc

    animam ejus excuteret,

      Gr. D. 136, 2.

  • Ic wolde ꝥ clericas ásceócon fram heora andgites orðance ǽlce sleacnysse,

      Angl. viii. 301, 4.

  • Þý lǽs hé þurh ꝥ sár ðá lácnunge of him ásceace,

      Lch. i. 302, 16.

  • Gif ðæs módes forhæfdnes mid ungeðylðe ne ascóke (

    excuteret

    ) ðá sibbe of ðǽm sceáte ðǽre smyltnesse,
      Past. 311, 15.

  • Wé sceolon ásceacan ðone sleacan slǽp ús fram,

      Hml. Th. i. 602, 15.

  • His geoc of heora swuran ásceacan,

      212, 10: R. Ben. 98, 14.

  • Hé of þám slǽpe ásceacen wearð,

      Hml. 8. 31, 891.
to shake (trans.)
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  • Hé wæs hyne ásceacende eal swá earn þonne hé myd hrædum flyhte wyle forð áfleón,

      Nic. 14, 35.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-sceacan.” 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/38961.

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