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elcian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Add: to procrastinate.
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  • Elcaþ

    differt, i. moratur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 13.

  • Ylde, elcode

    distulit, moram fecit,

      141, 47.

  • Ne hé lange ne elcode,

      Lch. iii. 434, 24.

  • Elkede (ilkede, ylcodan þá déman) man fram dæge tó dæge,

      Chr. 999; P. 133, 5.

  • Hí þágit elcodon,

      Hml. S. 31, 1166.

  • God behét ǽlcum behreówsigendum his synna forgifennysse, ac hé behét nánum elcigendum gewiss líf oð merigen,

      Hml. Th. ii. 602, 29.

  • Elciendum,

      Hml. S. 12, 166.

  • Nellen gé elciende eówere heortan áhyrdan,

      R. Ben. 2, 10.

  • Behreówsigendum mannum hé miltsað, ac hé ne behét þám elcigendum gewiss líf oð merigen,

      Hml, Th. i. 350, 13.
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  • Hé elcað his tócymes,

      Hml. Th. ii. 566, 25.

  • Hé elcode his sleges,

      380, 31.
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  • Hí elciað ongeán ðone deáð, and mid ealle ne forfleóð . . . on ende þisse worulde hí deáðes onfóð. Úre Álýsend ne elcode ná ongeán þone deáð

    Enoch and Elias delay to meet death, and do not avoid it . . . at the end of this world they will receive death. Our Saviour did not delay to meet death,

      Hml. Th. i. 308, 2-7.

  • Þæt se Ælmihtiga forgeáfe gódne willan þám seócan hǽðenan, þæt hé leng ne elcode tó His geleáfan

    that the Almighty would give a good will to the sick heathen, that he should not put off longer coming to a belief in Him,

    ii.
      26, 1.
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  • Nán man ne sceal elcian þæt hé his synna gebéte,

      Hml. Th. ii. 602, 27: Hml. S. 12, 164.
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v. ildcian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “elcian.” 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/43925.

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