Óþ-sacan

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

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óþ-sacan

with gen.). I. to deny (a statement) :-- Hwá óþsæcþ ðæs ? Bt. 26, 2 ; Fox 92, 21. Ne mæg ic ðæs óþsacan, forðam ðe ic his wæs ǽr geþafa, 34, 3; Fox 138, 15: 33, 1; Fox 122, 2: 34, 9; Fox 146, 34. Nán mon ne mæg óþsacan ðæt sum gód ne síe ðæt héhste, 34, l; Fox 134, 9. II. to deny (an obligation, a charge, etc. ) :-- Gange feówra sum tó and óþsace (deny a charge of robbing), L. Eth. ii. 4; Th. i. 286, 18. Borges mon mót óþsacan gif hé wát ðæt hé ryht déþ, L. In. 41; Th. i. 128, 2. Cf. æt-sacan oþ-sacan