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ælan

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Grammar
ælan, l. ǽlan,
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
and add:
to kindle light, fire
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  • Hí fýr ǽlað,

      Wal. 22.
  • Ne scyle nán mon blǽcern ǽlan under mittan,

      Past. 43, 2.
  • Ǽldon

    adolent, incendunt,

      Germ. 402. 68.
to burn up. v. Ph. 222: 526: Cri. 813 (
in Dict.).
to burn, expose to fire what is not consumed
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  • Se deópa seáð giémeð gǽsta, ǽleð hý mid ðý ealdan líge,

      Cri. 1547.
Etymology
[Se geréfa hét bringen leaden fæt, and hét hit mid wætere áfyllan, and dyde hit ǽlen swýþe hát, Nar. 46, 4.]
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