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EÁC

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Grammar
EÁC, conj.
Wright's OE grammar
§135; §187; §559; §560;
EKE, also, likewise, moreover, and; etiam, quoque, et
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  • Abeád eác Adame éce Drihten

    the Lord eternal announced also to Adam,

    • Cd. 43
      • ;
    • Th. 57,
      • 8;
    • Gen. 925
      • .

  • Eác we ðæt gefrugnon

    we also have heard that,

    • Exon. 12 a
      • ;
    • Th. 19,
      • 15;
    • Cri. 301: Cd. 174
      • ;
    • Th. 220,
      • 8;
    • Dan. 68: Beo. Th. 195
      • ;
    • B. 97
      • .

  • Hondum slógun, folmum areahtum and fystum eác

    struck with their hands, with outstretched palms and with fists also,

    • Exon. 24 a
      • ;
    • Th. 69,
      • 24;
    • Cri. 1125: 9 b
      • ;
    • Th. 9,
      • 18;
    • Cri. 136: Cd. 69
      • ;
    • Th. 82,
      • 35;
    • Gen. 1372
      • .

  • And ge sceolon eác þweán eówer ǽlc óðres fét

    and likewise ye ought to wash one another's feet,

    • Jn. Bos. 13, 14,
      • 9.

  • Ic eów secge, eác máran ðonne wítegan

    I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

    • Mt. Bos. 11,
      • 9.

  • Adam hæfde nigen hund wintra and þrítig eác

    Adam had nine hundred winters, and thirty also,

    • Cd. 55
      • ;
    • Th. 68,
      • 31;
    • Gen. 1126: 58
      • ;
    • Th. 71,
      • 3;
    • Gen. 1165
      • .

  • Fíf and syxtig wintra hæfde and eác þreó hund

    he had five and sixty winters, and also three hundred,

    • 62
      • ;
    • Th. 74,
      • 4;
    • Gen. 1217: 74,
      • 34;
    • Gen. 1232
      • .

  • Ne his wordum eác woldan gelýfan

    et non credĭdērunt in verbis ejus,

    • Ps. Th. 105,
      • 20.
eác hwæðre, hwæðre eác
Nevertheless, however; nihilōmĭnus
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  • Eác hwæðre ceald lyft is gemenged

    the cold air nevertheless is mingled,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20,
      • 156;
    • Met. 20,
      • 78.

  • Wæs me hwæðre eác láþ

    nevertheless it was to me unpleasant.

    • Exon. 100 b
      • ;
    • Th. 380,
      • 23 ;
    • Rä. 1,
      • 12.
eác swilce, swylce eác
So also, also, moreover, very like, even so, as if ; parimŏdo, tamquam
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  • Ða apostoli gesetton eác swilce lárspell to ðám leódscipum ðe to geleáfan bugon

    the apostles moreover gave instructions to the nations submitting to the faith,

    • Ælfc. T. 27,
      • 20.

  • Ðá wæs eác swilce se scucca him betwux

    there was also the devil between them.

    • Th. Anlct. 37, 9: Ps. Th. 55, 4: 108,
      • 29.

  • Eác swylce beo sprecende sý to eallum mancynne

    as ifit spoke to all mankind, Ors.

    • 2,
      • 4;
    • Bos. 44,
      • 34.

  • Wíte þoliaþ swilce eác ða biteran récas

    they suffer torments, so also the bitter reeks,

    • Cd. 18
      • ;
    • Th. 21,
      • 17;
    • Gen. 325: Judth. 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 26, 20, 25,
      • 30;
    • Jud. 338, 344, 349: Exon. 120 b
      • ;
    • Th. 462,
      • 5;
    • Hö. 47: 34 b
      • ;
    • Th. 112,
      • 1;
    • Gú. 137
      • .

  • Swylce grúndas eác

    so also the abyss,

    10 a;
    • Th. 9,
      • 35;
    • Cri. 145
      • .
ge eác swylce
Quin et
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  • Eall ðæt he on ánweald onfeng ge eác swylce monige Brytta eáland Angelcynnes ríce underþeódde

    quæ omnia sub ditiōne accēpit quin et Mevanias insŭlas impĕrio subjŭgāvit Anglōrum,

    • Bd. 2,
      • 9;
    • S. 510,
      • 16.
eác swá
So also, even so, likewise
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  • Swá ðeós world eallgewíteþ, and eác swá some, ðe hire on wurdon atydrede

    so all this world goes away, and even so those who were born upon it,

    • Elen. Grm. 1278
      • .

  • Se is eác wealdend ealra ðara ðe ðǽr in wuniaþ ungesewenlícra, and eác swá same ðara ðe we eágum on lóciaþ

    he is also the ruler of all those creatures which therein dwell invisible, and even so of those that we behold with our eyes,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 11,
      • 10;
    • Met. 11, 5: 11,
      • 19;
    • Met. 11, 10: 11,
      • 171;
    • Met. 11,
      • 86.

  • Sió gesceádwísnes sceal ðære wilnunge waldan and irsunge eác swá

    the reason ought to govern the will and the anger likewise,

    • 20,
      • 398;
    • Met. 20, 199: 20,
      • 384;
    • Met. 20,
      • 192.
Etymology
[
Wyc. eke:
Chauc. eek, eke:
R. Glouc. ek:
Laym. æc, ac, ec, eke, æke:
Plat. ook:
O. Sax. ók etiam, quoque:
Frs. ak, eak:
O. Frs. ak, oke also, and:
Dut. ook:
Ger. auch etiam, quoque:
M. H. Ger. ouch:
O. H. Ger. ouh etiam:
Goth. auk because:
Dan. og and:
Swed. och and; ock also:
Icel. og atque, et:
O. Nrs. auk, ók etiam
.]
Similar entries
v. éc, ǽc.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “EÁC.” 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/8270.

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