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ÁD

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ÁD, aad, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§28; §133; §335;
A funeral pile, pile, heap; rogus, congeries
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  • Ðá on-bærnde he ðone ád

    then kindled he the pile,

    • Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 25
    • .
  • Ád stód onæled

    the pile was [stood] kindled,

    • Cd. 141; Th. 176, 35
    • ;
    • Gen. 2922
    • .
  • Hét ád onælan

    he commanded to kindle the funeral pile,

    • Exon. 74a; Th. 277, 13
    • ;
    • Jul. 580
    • .
  • Mycelne aad [ád MS. B. T.] gesomnode on beámum

    advexit plurimam congeriem trabium,

    • Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 22
    • .
Etymology
[
Kath. ad
:
O. Ger. eit ignis, rogus
.
v. Lat. æs-tus
:
Grk. αΐθος
:
Sansk. edh-as wood for fuel, from the Sansk. root indh to light, kindle.
]
Derived forms
ád-fær, -fýr, -lég, -loma
Linked entries
v.  aad.
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  • ÁD, n.