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ánga

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1 ánga

m; ánge , f. n; def. adj. I. one and no more, only, sole, single, singular; unicus, ullus, quisquam :-- Se ánga hyht the sole hope, Exon. 62a; Th. 227, 14; Ph. 423: 96b; Th. 360, 1; Pa. 73. Ðú eart dó;htor mín ánge for eorþan thou art my only daughter on earth, 67a; Th. 248, 13; Jul. 95. Abraham wolde gesyllan his swǽsne sunu, ángan ofer eorþan yrfeláfe Abraham would give his dear son, his sole hereditary remnant on earth, Cd. 162; Th. 203, 13; Exod. 403. Cain gewearþ to ecgbanan ángan breðer Cain was the murderer of his only brother, Beo. Th. 2529; B. 1262. II. any, every one, all; quisque. In this sense it admits of a plural :-- Secge me nú hwæðer ðú ǽfre gehýrdest, ðæt wisdom ángum ðara eallunga þurhwunode tell me now, whether thou hast ever heard, that wisdom always remained to any of them. Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 9.
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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Jul.
Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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