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Wright's OE grammar
§106; §344; §471; §562;
Add: , lóce. The word is used with nú and with indirect interrogatives, pronouns or adverbs. Its force in the latter combination, ever, is seen in the following gloss
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  • Lóc hwæt tó láfe beó

    quodcumjue restat,

      Germ. 388, 78.
with nú, bespeaking attention
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  • Lóce nú

    age,

      Germ. 393, 168.

  • Lóca nú be þǽre sunnan . . . ,

      Bt. 6 ; F. 14, 21.

  • Ac lóca nú hwæþer ðú wille . . .

    sed visne

    . . . ,
      35, 5 ; F. 162, 30.
forming indefinite relatives
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  • Lóca hwylce concurrentes beón,

      Angl. viii. 302, 23.

  • Lóca hwylce hig beóð,

      304, 46.

  • Lóca hwæt þǽr ofer sý,

      300, 34, 36.

  • Loca hú God wylle,

      Hml. A. 62, 253, 257.

  • Lóc hú lange se sóða lǽce hit foresceáwige,

      Hml. Th. i. 474, 25.

  • Lócehwænne mín tíma beó,

      Angl. xii. 499, 7.
  • Lóca hwǽr beó se móna níwe, viii. 322, 31 : 333, 21.

  • Lóca hwǽr se ealdor him tǽce,

      R. Ben. 82, 15.
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[v. N. E. D. look; 4.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lóc.” 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/54763.

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