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EÁCA

  • noun [ masculine ]
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EÁCA, an; m.
An addition, EEKING, increase, usury, advantage; additāmentum
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  • Ðeáh mín bán and blód bútú geweorþen eorþan to eácan

    though my bones and blood both become an increase to the earth,

    • Exon. 38 a
      • ;
    • Th. 125,
      • 10;
    • Gú. 352
      • .

  • Þincþ ðé lytel eáca ðínra gesǽlþa

    does it seem to thee little addition to thy felicities?

    • Bt. 20
      • ;
    • Fox 72,
      • 12.

  • Is witena gehwám wópes eáca

    there is increase of weeping to every man,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 922
      • ;
    • Sal. 460
      • .

  • Ic [Ælfríc Abbod] geset hæbbe feówertig lárspella, and sumne eácan ðǽrto

    I [Abbot Ælfric] have composed forty sermons, and some addition thereto,

    • Ǽlfc. T. 27,
      • 18.

  • Gif he hæfþ sumne eácan yfeles

    if he has some addition of evil,

    • Bt. 38,
      • 3;
    • Fox 200,
      • 19.

  • For dæs yfles eácan

    for the addition of evil,

    • 200,
      • 21.

  • Ne gehéne ðú hine mid ðý eácan

    oppress him not with the usury, L. Alf. 35; Th. i. 52, 23; neque humĭlia ilium ūsūra tua, Wilk. 31, 45. ¶ To eácan besides, moreover Ðæt wæs to eácan óðrum unarīmedum yflum that was besides other innumerable evils: literally, in or for, addition to, etc.

    • Bt. 1
      • ;
    • Fox 2,
      • 11.

  • To eácan himselfum besides himself: literally,

    in addition to,

    • Bt. 26,
      • 2;
    • Fox 92,
      • 20.

  • Óðer is to eácan andgete

    the second is moreover manifest,

    • Exon. 26 a
      • ;
    • Th. 76,
      • 21;
    • Cri. 1243
      • .
Derived forms
mægen-eáca, ofer-
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Bosworth, Joseph. “EÁCA.” 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/8271.

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