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ǽr

  • adverb
  • conjunction
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ǽr, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§134; §445; §556;
positive,
early
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  • Swýþe ǽr in dagunge

    primo diluculo,

      Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 17.
  • Swýþe ǽr on morgen,

      Ps. Th. 45, 5.
expressing readiness, quickness,
soon
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  • Sweord ǽr gebrǽd gúðcyning,

      B. 2562.
  • Hé wel ǽr árás . . . Se apostol cwæð tó him: 'For hwon árise ðú swá hraðe?,

      Gr. D. 227, 4.
  • Nýtenu etað swá ǽr swá hí hit habbað,

      Hml. S. 16, 317.
  • Ðú wilt higian ðon ǽr ðe ðú hine ongitest,

      Bt. 11, 2; F. 34, 8.
  • Ðonne ǽr ðe hé ðæt gewealdleþer forlǽt . . ., ðonne forlǽtaþ hí ðá sibbe,

      21; F. 74, 31.
cpve.
earlier, before
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  • Dæge ǽr

    pridie,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 50.
  • Ǽr dudum, ante, An. Ox. 1920:

    jam,

    5483.
  • Ǽr ðonne hé,

      B. 1182.
  • Gefyrn ǽr

    jam,

      An. Ox. 56, 93.
  • Ǽr gefyrn,

      Cri. 63.
  • Ǽr oððe æfter, 1692.
  • Ǽr biforan, 468: El. 1132. [See also síþ in Dict.] ¶ on ǽr

    previously, beforehand

    :-- Drihten ðe on ǽr wát eal ðæt tóweard is,
      Lch. iii. 436, 20:Hml. Th. i. 114, 3: Chr. 1067; P. 201, 26.
  • Hé wolde warnian on ǽr,

      Gen. 6, 6.
  • Fela þing wiste se hálga wer on ǽr, lange ǽr hí gelumpon, Hml. S. 31, 788. (1 a) making present perfect and preterite pluperfect :-- Redic ete ǽr, ne mæg ðé nán man áttre áwyrdan

    if you have eaten radish, nobody can injure yon by poison,

      Lch. ii. 110, 10.
  • Ðæt feoh ðæt hí ǽr lǽfdon

    the money they had left (when they were spending before,

    v. l. 200),
      Hml. S. 23, 213.
  • Wáron ðǽre hlǽddre stapas áléfede on ǽr

    the steps of the ladder had been weakened,

      31, 602.
marking readiness,
sooner
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  • Ic nóht ðon ǽr blon

    I stopped none the sooner,

      Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 15.
  • Náhte ðý ǽr,

      Gr. D. 152, 17. ¶ with correlative conjunction. v. ǽr; conj.
before
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  • Hié ǽr flugon, ǽr hié tógædere geneálǽcten,

      Ors. 4, 6; S. 170, 24: Past. 433, 28.
  • Ðæt hé hié forceorfe ǽr, ǽr hié on ðá eágan feallen,

      141, 10.
  • Hé wolde on ǽr ðæt godspell áwrítan, ǽr ðám ðe hé gewende him fram,

      Hml. S. 15, 139.
sooner
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  • Manegum men is leófre ðæt hé ǽr swelte, ǽr hé geseó his wíf and his bearn sweltende,

      Bt. 10; F. 28, 39.
  • Ǽr ic mé sylfne ofsleá, ǽr ðon ic sende míne hond on ðás fǽmnan,

      Shrn. 130, 26.
superlative (ǽrest),
first
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  • Ðú meaht ǽlcne unðeáw on ðǽm men ǽresð be sumum tácnum ongietan . . . ǽr hé hit mid wordum cýðe,

      Past. 157, 19.
  • Tó hwilces tíman se steorra him ǽrst æteówode,

      Hml. Th. i. 78, 18.
  • Ǽst of ánre byrig, ðonne of óðerre,

      Ors. 3, 7; S. 112, 22.
  • Hé angan tó smeágenne ǽrest þinga hú hé his líf gerihtlǽcan meahte,

      Lch. iii. 438, 29: Ll. Th. ii. 316, 11. v. ǽror.
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  • ǽr, adv.; con.