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ELLES

  • adverb
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ELLES, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§55; §557;
ELSE, otherwise, in another manner; ălĭter, ăliōquin, ăliunde, sĕcus
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  • Elles

    ălĭter,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 41, 7,
      • 67.

  • Elles næbbe ge méde mid eówrum fæder

    ăliōquin mercēdem non hăbēbĭtis ăpud patrem vestrum,

    • Mt. Bos. 6, 1: Mk. Bos. 2,
      • 21.

  • Gif hit elles sý

    sin autem,

    • Lk. Bos. 10,
      • 6.

  • He stýhþ elles ofer

    ascendit ăliunde,

    • Jn. Bos. 10,
      • 1.

  • Hí ne mihton elles bión

    they could not else exist,

    • Bt. 39,
      • 13;
    • Fox 234, 30: Bt. Met. Fox 9,
      • 104;
    • Met. 9, 52: Chr. 1044
      • ;
    • Erl. 168, 17: Beo. Th. 5034
      • ;
    • B. 2520: Exon. 67 b
      • ;
    • Th. 249,
      • 18;
    • Jul. 113
      • .

  • Hwá aríst elles of Syon bútan ðú

    who else shall arise out of Sion but thou?

    • Ps. Th. 13,
      • 11.

  • Hwæt elles is

    quid est ăliud?

    • Bd. 1. 27
      • ;
    • S. 494,
      • 15.

  • Nyton hwæt hý elles sprecon

    they know not what else they speak,

    • Ps. Th. 43,
      • 16.

  • Áhwǽr or ǽghwǽr elles

    anywhere else

    ,
    • Ps. Th. 71, 12: 102,
      • 15.

  • Ná elles, ná hú elles

    not otherwise, no how else;

    haud sĕcus,
      Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 3: Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 8.

  • Nówiht elles

    nothing else;

    nil ăliud,
    • Bd. 2,
      • 14;
    • S. 518,
      • 8.

  • Elles áwiht, ówiht or wuht

    anything else;

    ăliud quid.
    • Cd. 32
      • ;
    • Th. 42,
      • 33;
    • Gen. 682: 91
      • ;
    • Th. 114,
      • 16;
    • Gen. 1905: Exon. 82 a
      • ;
    • Th. 308,
      • 27;
    • Seef. 46: 115 a
      • ;
    • Th. 443,
      • 1;
    • Kl. 23: Bt. Met. Fox 9,
      • 40;
    • Met. 9,
      • 20.

  • Elles hwæt

    anything else,

    • Bd. 4,
      • 3;
    • S. 569,
      • 8.

  • Elles hwǽr, hwár, hwérgen or hwider

    elsewhere;

    ăliorsum,
    • L. Eth. v. 12
      • ;
    • Th. i. 308, 5: L. C. E. 13
      • ;
    • Th. i. 368, 6: Beo. Th. 377
      • ;
    • B. 138: 5173
      • ;
    • B. 2590: Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 40,
      • 7.
Etymology
[
Wyc. Piers P. ellis:
Chauc. R. Glouc. elles:
Orm. elless:
Scot. els, ellis:
O. Frs. elles, ellis:
M. H. Ger. alles ălĭter:
O. H. Ger. alles, elles, ellies ăliōquin:
Goth. allis at all:
Swed. eljest:
Lat. ălias
.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ELLES.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/9254.

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