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lóc

  • verb
  • conjunction
  • interjection
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Grammar
lóc, lóca
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §344; §471; §562;
look, see, look you; the word often occurs in connection with a pronominal form, and seems equivalent to a suffixed -ever, loca hú however,.
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  • Efne oððe lóca nú hér hit is

    en,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 40, 56
      • :
    • Homl. Th. i. 358, 9
      • .

  • Hig cwǽdon Lóca nú hú hrædlíce þæt fictreów forscranc

    dicentes : quomodo continuo aruit ficulnea,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 21, 20
      • .

  • Lóca nú hú hé hyne lufode

    ecce quomodo amabat eum,

    • Jn. Skt. 11, 36
      • .

  • Þreá hig lóca hú ðú wylle

    punish her, look you, as you will,

    • Gen. 16, 6.

  • Ðú hæfst ðæt feoh mid ðé, gefada embe, lóca, hú ðú wylle,

    • Homl. Skt. 3, 285
      • :
    • 4, 262
      • .

  • Hí férdon lóc [MSS. C.D. lóca] hú hí wolden

    they went however they liked,

    • Chr. 1009
      • ;
    • Erl. 142, 26
      • .

  • Lóca, hwá út gange, licge hé ofslagen,

    • Jos. 2, 19
      • .

  • Lóca, hwá ðære mihte áge, hé mót gehæftne man álýsan

    [whoever has the power],

    • Wulfst. 294, 32.

  • Lóca hwylc cristen man sý ungesibsum,

    • 295, 4
      • .

  • Hlystan lóca hwæt ða láreówas tǽcan,

    • 294, 26
      • .

  • Dón lóc hwæt wé mágon,

    • 141, 28
      • :
    • 150, 11
      • .

  • Lóc hwæt eald sí

    hic et hæc et hoc vetus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32
      • ;
    • Som. 12, 9
      • .

  • Lóc hwæt hæbbe týn fét

    decempes,

    • 49
      • ;
    • Som. 50, 49
      • .

  • Bide mé lóce hwæs ðú wille

    ask me for whatever you will,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 576, 10
      • .

  • Lóc hwǽr ic hit gefriþod wille habban

    wherever I will have it protected,

    • L. C. S. 81
      • ;
    • Th. i. 420, 26
      • .

  • Lóca hwonne

    whenever,

    • Wulfst. 199, 16
      • .

  • Swá ðæt lóc hwenne ðæt flód byþ ealra héhst,

    • Chr. 1031
      • ;
    • Erl. 162, 5.

  • Lóc hweðer ðæra gebróðra óðerne oferbide wǽre yrfeweard ealles Englalandes

    whichever of the two brothers should survive the other, should inherit all England,

    • 1101
      • ;
    • Erl. 237, 31
      • :
    • Chart. Th. 605, 27
      • .
Similar entries
v. lócian.
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v.  LÓCIAN.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “lóc.” 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/21801.

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  • lóc, v.; con.; int.

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