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án-lípe

  • adjective
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Grammar
án-lípe, (ǽn-); adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§434;
single, alone, solitary, by one's self, not combined with anything else
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  • Ne wénen hié ðæt hiera fæsten ánlípe (-lépe,

      Cott. MSS. )
    heálic mægen sié, ðý lǽs hié wénen ðæt hit anlípe micellre geearnunge mægen sié. Past. 315, 9-11.

  • Ǽnlípe

    solitaria,

      An. Ox. 1147: 2, 30.

  • On ðone ánlípan beorh,

      C. D. ii. 317, 24.

  • Ðæt ǽgðer wǽre unnyt ge mildheortnes ge steór, gif hié ánlípe (-lépe,

      Cott. MSS.)
    wǽron, búton hí bútú ætsomne sién, Past. 125, 3.
of number, single (with
one)
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  • Wísdóm is án ánlépe cræft ðǽre sáwle, and ðeáh wé witon ðæt hé sié betera ðonne ealle ðá óðre cræftas,

      Bt. 32, 1; F. 116, 3.

  • Nán ǽnlípe (

    ne ana quidem

    ) tó láfe ne wunode,
      Gr. D. 67, 18.

  • Swǽ feáwa hiora wǽron ðæt ic furðum ánne ánlépne ne mæg geðencean,

      Past. 3, 17.
single, distinct from others, individual
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  • Ðus hit byð gedón in ánlépra gehwylcre (cf. ánra gehwylc) sáwle

    sic in unaquaque anima agitur.

      Gr. D. 205, 8.
special (as opposed to general)
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  • Ǽnlýpe

    specialis,

      An. Ox. 7, 386: 8, 401.
single, private, not having office
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  • Ðá underðióddan and ðá ánlépan menn ðe ǽmtige beóð ðæs ðæt hié for óðre menu suincen . . . Se ǽmetiga and se ánlípa (-lépa,

      Cott. MSS.), Past. 191, 13-18.
Etymology
[Icel. ein-hleypr single (man).]
Similar entries
v. án-lépe in Dict.
Linked entries
v.  án-lépe ǽn-lípe synder-lípe.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “án-lípe.” 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/38769.

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