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a-sealcan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-sealcan, pp. asolcen
To languish, to be or become weak, idle, slothful, remiss; languescere, remittere, desidiosum fieri
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  • Ne lǽt ðú ðe ðín mód asealcan wǽrfæst willan mínes

    let not thou thy mind languish [to be] observant of my will,

    • Cd. 99; Th. 130, 30
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    • Gen. 2167
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  • Asolcen fram gódre drohtnunge

    slothful for good living,

    • Homl. Th. i. 306, 11 : 340, 35
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  • Asolcen

    accidiosus ? vel tediosus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 18; Wrt. Voc. 60, 52
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  • Asolcen

    dissolutus, desidiosus,

    • R. Ben. 48
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  • Asolcen

    deses,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Som. 11, 10
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  • Asolcen

    iners,

    • Cot. 108
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  • Asolcen

    remissus, ignavus,

    • Scint. 16
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