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ǽg-ðer

  • pronoun
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Grammar
ǽg-ðer, [ = ǽg-hwæðer] ; pron.
Wright's OE grammar
§560;
Either, each, both; uterque, ambo
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  • Ǽgðer byþ gehealden

    ambo conservantur,

    • Mt. Bos. 9, 17
    • .
  • Ǽgder ðara eorla

    each of the men.

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2103
    • ;
    • An. 1053
    • .
  • Heora ǽgðer

    either or both of them, each.

    • Gen. 21, 31
    • .
  • On ǽgðre hand, on ǽgðere healic

    on either hand or half, on both sides,

    • Ors. 1, 11; Bos. 34, 40: 1, 14
    • ;
    • Bos. 37,33
    • .
  • On ǽgðre healfe weard

    towards both sides,

    • Ælfc. Gr.
  • Ǽgðer ge—ge

    ,

    both—and, as well—as

    :--
  • Ǽgðer ge hádes, ge éðeles þolige

    let him forfeit both degree and country,

    • L. C. S. 41; Th. i. 400, 14
    • .
  • Ǽgðer ge heonan ge ðanan

    both here and there.

  • Hí hatedon ǽgðer ge me ge mínne fæder

    they hated both me and my father,

    • Jn. Bos. 15, 24
    • .
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v.  égðer.
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  • ǽg-ðer, pronoun.