"for an" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Old English]

Forms: for ān [canonical]
Head templates: {{ang-adv|for ān}} for ān
  1. only
    Sense id: en-for_an-ang-adv--QWxlULt
  2. specially
    Sense id: en-for_an-ang-adv-VsiEoKlO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: an, on an, þæt an
Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0
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          "english": "She said verily in her mind, only I will be whole if I touch his garment.",
          "text": "10th c. Anglo-Saxon Gospels, Translation, Gospel of Saint Mattthew, chapter 9, verse 21.\nHēo cwæþ sōþlīce on hyre mōde, for ān ic bēo hāl, ġyf ic hys rēafes æthrīne.",
          "translation": "She said verily in her mind, only I will be whole if I touch his garment.",
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          "english": "When he heard the word, then said the Healer [Jesus Christ], \"Don't fear, believe only.\"",
          "text": "995. Anglo-Saxon Gospels, Translation, Gospel of Saint Mark, chapter 5, verse 36.\nÐā hē ġehȳrde þæt word, ðā cwæþ sē Hǣlend, Ne ondrǣd ðū ðē, ġelȳf for ān",
          "translation": "When he heard the word, then said the Healer [Jesus Christ], \"Don't fear, believe only.\"",
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          "english": "Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said to them: \"Go and offer to your God: only your cattle shall be here.\"",
          "text": "995. Anglo-Saxon Old Testament, Translation, Book of Exodus, chapter 10, verse 24.\nÐā clypode Pharao Moyses and Aaron, and cwæþ tō him: Gāð and offriað ēowrum Gode: forān ēoƿre yrfe sceal bēon hēr.",
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          "english": "...and the tortures were specially intended for themselves, unless they straightway ran and sacrificed to the idol and denied the Lord.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Seven Sleepers\"\n...and heom for ān þā wīte ġemynte wǣron būton hī ðǣr-rihte urnon and ðām dēofol-ġylde ġeoffrodon and drihtne wiðsōcon...",
          "translation": "...and the tortures were specially intended for themselves, unless they straightway ran and sacrificed to the idol and denied the Lord.",
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