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a-sécan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-sécan, -sécean; p. -sóhte; pp. -sóht [a, sécan to seek] .
to search or seek out, to seek for, to require, demand ; eligere, requirere, petere aliquid ab aliquo
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  • Asécean ða sélestan

    to seek out the best,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2035
      • ;
    • El. 1019 : 813
      • ;
    • El. 407
      • .

  • Mid swá mycle fóreseónysse wæs ðæs líchoman clǽnnesse asóht

    tanta provisione est munditia corporis requisita,

    • Bd. 1, 27, resp. 8; S. 496, 8
      • .

  • Wyllaþ me lífes asécean

    they will demand my life,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 95
      • .
to seek, go to, explore; adire, explorare
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  • Ðæt fýr georne aséceþ innan and útan eorþan sceátas

    the fire shall eagerly seek the tracts of earth within and without,

    • Exon. 22 b ; Th. 62, 20
      • ;
    • Cri. 1004
      • .
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v.  a-sóht.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-sécan.” 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/2261.

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