▪ I. ac
obs. early form of oak.
▪ II. † ac, conj. Obs.
1–6 (only north. in 6), also ak(e passim; 2–4 oc, ok, 1–3 ah, ach, auch, auȝ, auh.
[OE. ac, cogn. w. OSax. ac, Goth. ak, OHG. oh.]
But.
| a 1000 Cynewulf Andreas 2420 Ne m{iacu}þ ðu, ah ðinne módsefan staðola. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. v. 17 Ne com ic ná to towurpan, ac ᵹefyllan. 1145 O.E. Chron. (Laud. MS.) an. 1140 God wimman scæ wæs, oc scæ hedde litel blisse mid him. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 145 Alle we beoð in monifald wawe..ach god almihtin us freureð. Ibid. 211 Ich liuie nout ich {revsc} auh crist liueð in me. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 258 Inne þe nis lac ne lest . auȝ alle holinesse. c 1200 Orm. 1891 Þatt wass i Marrch, acc Marrch wass þa Neh all gan ut till ende. c 1270 K. Horn 116 Ofte hadde Horn beo wo Ac neure wurs þan him was þo. 1340 Ayenb. 18 Þe guodes..ne byeþ naȝt his, ake byeþ his lhordes guodes. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 4413 Buþ noȝt agast, Ac holdeþ forþ ȝour way an hast. a 1400 E.E. Saints Lives iii. 8 Hit nas noȝt for is owen gilt Ok hit was..for sin þine. 1535 Stewart Cron. of Scotl. II. 630 Amang the aill gart tume thame in the fat; Ac leit it stand at greit laser and lenth. |