Án-lípe

According to the Old English Dictionary:

(ǽn-);

án-lípe

adj. I. single, alone, solitary, by one's self, not combined with anything else:--Ne wénen hié ðæt hiera fæsten ánlípe (-lépe, Cott. MSS. ) heálic mægen sié, ðý lǽs hié wénen ðæt hit anlípe micellre geearnunge mægen sié. Past. 315, 9-11. Ǽnlípe solitaria, An. Ox. 1147: 2, 30. On ðone ánlípan beorh, C. D. ii. 317, 24. Ðæt ǽgðer wǽre unnyt ge mildheortnes ge steór, gif hié ánlípe (-lépe, Cott. MSS.) wǽron, búton hí bútú ætsomne sién, Past. 125, 3. II. of number, single (with one):--Wísdóm is án ánlépe cræft ðǽre sáwle, and ðeáh wé witon ðæt hé sié betera ðonne ealle ðá óðre cræftas, Bt. 32, 1; F. 116, 3. Nán ǽnlípe (ne ana quidem) tó láfe ne wunode, Gr. D. 67, 18. Swǽ feáwa hiora wǽron ðæt ic furðum ánne ánlépne ne mæg geðencean, Past. 3, 17. III. single, distinct from others, individual:--Ðus hit byð gedón in ánlépra gehwylcre (cf. ánra gehwylc) sáwle sic in unaquaque anima agitur. Gr. D. 205, 8. IV. special (as opposed to general):--Ǽnlýpe specialis, An. Ox. 7, 386: 8, 401. V. single, private, not having office :-- Ðá underðióddan and ðá ánlépan menn ðe ǽmtige beóð ðæs ðæt hié for óðre menu suincen . . . Se ǽmetiga and se ánlípa (-lépa, Cott. MSS.), Past. 191, 13-18. [Icel. ein-hleypr single (man).] in Dict. an-lipe

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