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  • Lá

    aue,

      An. Ox. 56, 133.

  • Wá lá wá

    eheu,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 44.
Add: giving emphasis
to interrogation or exclamation
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  • Lá whǽr nú þá ... lá whǽr sind

    ubi nunc ... ubi sunt,

      Wülck. Gl. 253, 34, 37.

  • Lá hú, ne mót ic dón þæt ic wille?,

    aut non licet mihi quod volo facere?,

      Hml. Th. ii. 80, 25.

  • Hwæt dó ic lá?,

      104, 16.

  • Suwiað: hwæt lá, ne gehýre gé hú myrige lofsangas swégað on heofonum?,

      98, 4: Hml. S. 8, 48.

  • Ne eart þú lá Sebastianus?,

      5, 449.
to entreaty or command
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  • Swuga, lá, swuga

    tace, obsecro, tace,

      Solil. H. 48, 7.

  • Gecier lá, ne folga mé, ðæt ic ðé ne dyrre ofstingan,

      Past. 295, 15.
to statement or affirmation
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  • Geá, lá, geá; gyf hyt nú fǽrenga gewurde ...

    vere aliquantum; imo si haec repente provenerint ...,

      Solil. H. 34, 11.

  • Lá ah ðeáhhwæðre se foreðancula wer bæd his fultumes

    sed videlicet vir providus solatium petivit,

      Past. 305, 1.

  • Hit is lá ful góód þæt ǽfre úre eágan móston geseón þæt wé wilnodon,

      Ps. Th. 34, 21.
to negation
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  • Uton ændian þás bóc nú hǽrrihte ... Næse, lá, næse; uton ne forlǽtan gyét ðás bóc

    concludamus hoc volumen ... Non sinam omnino concludi hunc libellum,

      Solil. H. 49, 12.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lá.” 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/54106.

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