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  • Ælcor (ellicor,

    v. l.) alias,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 239, 2.
besides
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  • Ic genom mid mec þreó þúsendo and forlét míne fyrd elcor (

    the rest of the army

    ) in
      Fasiacen, Nar. 26, 5.

  • Næs náht elcor (nóht elles, nán þing elles) tó ealles geáres andlyfne búton ꝥ án (

    nihil aliud . . . nisi . . .

    ),
      Gr. D. 57, 2: 290, 21.
otherwise, in another way
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  • Gif nasu þyrel weorð . . . Gif nasu ælcor sceard weorð,

      Ll. Th. i. 14 13.

  • Gif mé seó godcunde gyfu forgyfan wile . . . ; gif hit hwæt ælcor (elcor, elles,

    v. ll.) bið, ic eft hweorfe (sin alias reuertar ),

      Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 519, 7.

  • Hé ne mihte elcor gewearmigan búton æt fýre,

      Nar. 18, 15.

  • Hí ne magon elcor beón búton mínre gemynde geendebyrded

    non sine magna cura ordinata,

      3, 15.

  • Hú mæg ꝥ beón ylcor (elles, v. l.) ongyten búton . . .

    quid sentiri aliud potest, nisi . . . ,

      Gr. D. 315, 1.
as an alternative, as a substitute
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  • Wyrc tó duste oþþe elcor gníd on wín,

      Lch. i. 368, 15.

  • Þá þe wé ne magon ongytan in þám god*-*cundan dóme wé sculan ús þe má ondrǽdan þonne elcor reccan (

    timere magis quam discutere debemus

    ),
      Gr. D. 301, 12.
if not, under other conditions, on another supposition
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  • Gif hé bið cealdre gecyndo, þonne cymð æfter feówertigum; elcor cymð æfter fíftigum wintra,

      Lch. ii. 284, 21.

  • Þæt weorc byþ of þǽre gife geseald, nalles seó gifu of þám weorce, elcor (elles,

    v. l., alioquin

    ) ne byþ seó gifu Godes gifu,
      Gr. D. 33, 5: 274, 16.

  • Elcor si quo minus (v. Jn. 14, 2),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 20.
  • IV a. after a negative clause, if so :-- Behaldeþ ꝥ gé eówre sóþfestnisse ne dóan fore monnum . . . elles ł elcur (alioquin = elcor

    elioquin,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 20: 30, 63) gé ne habbaþ leán, Mt. R. 6, 1.

  • Ne menn geótaþ wín neówe in wínbelgas alde; elcur ł elles (

    alioquin

    ) tóbersteþ þá belgas ealde,
      9, 17.

  • Elcur nú,

      Lk. L. 5, 36, 37.
elsewhere
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  • Seó fǽmne gá on mynster oððe ælcor on hire clǽnnysse hig healde

    eat puella in monasterium, vel alibi in castitate se contineat,

      Ll. Th. ii. 148, 4.
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v. ælcor in Dict., and elcra; elles.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “elcor.” 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/43926.

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