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to deny a statement,
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  • Rihte ðú hyt ongytst, ne mæg ic þæs ætsacan. Shrn. 182, 7.
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  • Ætsace (oð-,

    v. l. , neget

    ) sé, sé þe dyrre, þæt þæt angin nǽre gestilled for
      Code, Ors. 6, 4; S. 260, 4. I a.
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  • Gif man ætsace, ládige hine mid þry-fealdre láde,

      Ll. Th. i. 404, 2 : ii. 298, 7, 10, 13.
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  • Sege ús hwǽr se hord sý þe þú fundest and hine bedyrndest; þý lǽs þe þú his ætsace, hér is se man þe sum ꝥ feoh hæfð on handa,

      Hml. S. 23, 663.
to deny a fact,
not to admit that something has been done, with gen.
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  • Ætsóc Goda þæs feós ǽgiftes

    negavit sibi libras per-solutas fuisse

    ,
      Cht. Th. 201, 28.

  • Gif mon sié dumb geboren, ꝥ hé ne mæge his synna ætsacan,

      Ll. Th. i. 70, 15.
to deny, refuse permission
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  • Nis ǽnig dǽl mínes líchaman ꝥ ic þé ætsacan wille ꝥ þú hine þweá,

      Hml. A. 157, 147.
to deny a person,
disown,
with gen.
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  • Ne ætsace ic þín

    non te negabo

    .
      Mk. 14, 31.

  • Hé ætsæcð Crístes,

      Wlfst. 85, l.
    Þæt hí Godes ætsacan and deófle tó gebúgan, 97, 3.
with acc. , Mk. 14, 72 : Lk. 22, 34. v. æt-sæcst
in Dict.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “æt-sacan.” 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/38101.

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