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  • adjective
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Wright's OE grammar
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with indef. or interrog. pronouns, or indeterminate numeral words
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  • Búton hit mid úrum hláforde sý, oððon elles hwylc þe máran Godes ege habbe,

    • Wlfst. 269, 12
      • .

  • Gif him sylfum ælles hwæt sǽle . . . elles hwæt,

    • C. D. i. 311, 12, 13
      • .

  • Mid elles hwám gerénod,

    • Bt. 14, 3
      • ;
    • F. 46, 14
      • .

  • Hwæt is elles ðiós gewítendlice sibb búton swelce hit sié sum swæð ðǽre écean sibbe?,

    • Past. 351, 24
      • .

  • For hwám wæs elles . . . búton for ðǽm ðe . . .,

    • 389, 32
      • .

  • Elles ǽlc óþer þing bútan þysum sý gehealden

    reliqua omnia impleantur,

    • R. Ben. 34, 13
      • ,

  • Negehýrde nǽnig man on his múþe óht elles nefne Crístes lof,

    • Bl. H. 223, 36.

  • Wæs se bigleofa gemétt and nán ðing elles,

    • Hml. Th. i. 76, 19
      • .

  • Hé elles nán þincg ne cwǽð,

    • Hml. S. 23 b, 616
      • .

  • Nán mann ne mihte ðencan embe náht elles bútan . . .,

    • Chr. 995
      • ;
    • P. 130, 10
      • .

  • Eall þæt manncynnes elles wæs, eall hit ádranc,

    • Wlfst. 10, 13
      • .
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  • Ꝥ man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde, sí hit Ymbrenfæsten, sí hit Lengctenfæsten, sí hit elles óðer fæsten,

    • Ll. Th. i. 368, 22
      • .

  • Elles óðre fæstena healde man,

    • 308, 18
      • .

  • Hwæþer þys sý Ephesa byrig þe elles ǽnig óþer,

    • Hml. S. 23, 743
      • .

  • Hit wæs elles feáwum mannum cúð,

    • Chr. 1043
      • ;
    • P. 164, 3.
with pronominal adverbs.
local
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  • Wæs eorðstyrung on Deórbý and elles gehwǽr . . . and eác ꝥ wilde fýr on Deórbýscíre micel yfel dyde and gehwǽr elles,

    • Chr. 1049
      • ;
    • P. 167, 25, 27
      • .

  • Elles hwider

    aliorsum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 25
      • .

  • Áwhyder oþþe elles hwyder

    usquam aut aliorsum,

    • An. Ox. 7, 376
      • .

  • Elles hwanune

    aliunde,

    • Scint. 33, 2
      • :
    • R. Ben. I. 70, 1
      • .
of manner
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  • Elcra, elles hú

    secus, i. aliter,

    • An. Ox. 3202
      • .

  • Hit ne sý ꝥ se láreów þe him tela tǽce him sylf elles hú dó,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 418, 4
      • .
otherwise, differently
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  • Elles

    aliter,

    • An. Ox. 1380:

    ceterum,

    • 5183.

  • Ne gespræc hé ná þý þe hé hit wolde forðbringan, ac elles beótigende

    non proferendo, sed minando,

    • Gr. D. 152, 16
      • .

  • Búton þú elles wylle

    sin aliter tibi videtur,

    • Num. 11, 15
      • .

  • Gif hé elles déð,

    • Hml. Th. i. 266, 14
      • :
    • Hml. S. 27, 73
      • .

  • Gehwá dyde swá, and elles ne dorston,

    • 23, 30
      • .

  • Saul elles ne meahte his wambe geclǽnsigan, búton hé tó feltúne eóde,

    • Past. 197, 23
      • .

  • Ne gedafenað ꝥ hé elles dó, búton swá hé on axan licge,

    • Bl. H. 227, 14
      • .

  • Oððe mid rihte oððe elles,

    • Chr. 1085
      • ;
    • P. 217
      • :
    • Ll. Th. i. 236, 4
      • .
elsewhere:
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  • Elles

    aliorsum,

    • An. Ox. 2, 252
      • .
else, under other conditions
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  • Ne mæg ðæt scip nó stille gestondan, búton hit ankor gehæbbe, oððe mon mid róðrum ongeán tió; elles hit gelent mid ðý streáme,

    • Past. 445, 13.
else, as an alternative
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  • Wæs his seó æþeleste ræst on his hǽran oþþe elles on nacodre eorðan,

    • Bl. H. 227, 11
      • .
Similar entries
v. el; adj.; elcor.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “elles.” 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/43994.

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