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  • noun [ feminine ]
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EÁ, often indeclinable in the sing, but eás is sometimes found in gen; and é, ǽ, eǽin dat; pl. nom. acc. eá, eán; gen. eá; dat. eáum, eám, eán; f; ǽ
Wright's OE grammar
§17; §70; §172; §246; §329;
;indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water ; flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua
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  • of dúne

    water from the hill,

    • Menol. Fox 520
    • ;
    • Gn. C. 30
    • .
  • Seó feorþe ys geháten Eufrates

    flŭvius quartus est Euphrātes,

    • Gen. 2, 14: Bd. 3,
    • 24;
    • S. 556, 34,
    • 46.
  • On twá healfe ðære eás

    on the two sides of the river,

    • Chr. 896
    • ;
    • Th. 172, 39, col. 1
    • .
  • On óðre healfe ðære [MS. L. eás]

    on the other side of the river,

    • Ors. 1. 1
    • ;
    • Bos. 20,
    • 3.
  • Be ðære ófrun

    by the banks of the river,

    • Gen. 41, 3: Ors. 1,
    • 3;
    • Bos. 27, 28: 2,
    • 4;
    • Bos. 44,
    • 13.
  • Be ðære

    by the river.

    • Chr. 896
    • ;
    • Th. 172, 35, col. 2
    • .
  • Ða oferfaran wolde

    would go over the river,

    • Ors. 2,
    • 4;
    • Bos. 44,
    • 2.
  • On ðæm lande syndon twá mycele Iðaspes and Arbis

    in the country are two great rivers, Hydaspes and Arabis,

    • Ors. 1,
    • 1;
    • Bos. 16,
    • 34.
  • Lǽt streámas weallan,in fléde

    let streams well out, a river in flood,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3006
    • ;
    • An. 1506
    • .
  • Ðás synd ða feówer eán of ánum wyllspringe

    these are the four streams from one well-spring,

    • Ælfc. T. 25,
    • 19.
  • He hí upforlét on feówer hund and on syxtig

    he divided it into four hundred and sixty streams.

    • Ors. 2,
    • 4;
    • Bos. 44,
    • 9.
  • Betweox ðám twám eáum

    between the two rivers,

    • Ors. 5,
    • 2 ;
    • Bos. 102,
    • 34.
  • Ofer ðám eám

    super flumĭna,

    • Ps. Th. 23,
    • 2.
  • Betweoh ðǽm twám eán

    between the two rivers,

    • Ors. 1,
    • 1;
    • Bos. 16,
    • 28.
  • On feówer eán

    into four streams,

    • Gen. 2,
    • 10.
Etymology
[
Laym, æ, f:
Orm. æ:
O. Sax. aha, f:
O. Frs. a, e f:
Ger. aa, f. name of rivers or brooks; -ach suffix of river-names:
M. H. Ger. ahe, f:
O. H. Ger. aha, f:
Goth. ahwa, f;
Dan. aa, m. f:
Swed. å. f;
Icel. á, f:
Lat. aqua
.]
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v. ǽg-, ég-, éh-, íg-.
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v.  ǽ é .
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