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á-ceósan

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Add: To pick out, elect; á-coren; pp. choice, excellent, select, elect
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  • Hié ácuron endlefan þúsend monna,

      Ors. 2, 5; S. 78, 24.
  • Ðára monna ðe hé him tó fultume hæfde ácoren (

    consilii causa legerat

    ),
      6. 2; S. 256, 2.
  • Paulus wæs bodigend and ǽcoren láreów,

      Hml. A. 149, 148 : 182, 43.
  • On ðára ácorenra monna heortan

    in electorum cordibus

    ,
      Past. 237, 21 : 465, 10.
  • On gódum and ácorenum módum

    bonis mentibus

    ,
      Gr. D. 57, 1.
  • Ðú wilt habban ealle fægere ðing and ácorene,

      Hml. Th. ii. 410, 19.
Etymology
[Aceas he him leorninchnihtes, O. E. Hml. i. 229, 1. O. Sax. á-kiosan : O. H. Ger. er-kiosan eligere.]
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