A-sealcan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-sealcan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 a-sealcan

pp. asolcen To languish, to be or become weak, idle, sloth-ful, remiss; languescere, remittere, desidiosum fieri :-- 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; Gen. 2167. Asolcen fram gódre drohtnunge slothful for good living, Homl. Th. i. 306, 11 : 340, 35. Asolcen accidiosus ? vel tediosus, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 18; Wrt. Voc. 60, 52. Asolcen dissolutus, desidiosus, R. Ben. 48. Asolcen deses, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Som. 11, l0. Asolcen iners, Cot. 108. Asolcen remissus, ignavus, Scint. 16. a-sealcan

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ᚪ-ᛋᛠᛚᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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