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ǽror

  • adverb
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Grammar
ǽror, ǽrror, ǽrur, ǽrer; adv.
Before, formerly; antea, prius
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  • Weras on wonge wibed setton, neáh ðam ðe Abraham ǽror rǽrde

    the men placed an altar in the plain, near that which Abraham had reared before,

    • Cd. 90; Th. 113, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 1883
      • .

  • Se ðe fela ǽror fyrena gefremede

    he who before had committed many crimes,

    • Beo. Th. 1623
      • ;
    • B. 809
      • .

  • Nemne we ǽror mǽgen fáne gefyllan

    unless we before may fell the foe,

    • 5302; B. 2654
      • .

  • Ðæt hió eft cume, ðǽr hió ǽror wæs

    that it again comes where it was before,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 13, 152
      • ;
    • Met. 13, 76
      • .

  • Ǽror, on his lifdagum

    before, in the days of his life,

    • 26, 174; Met. 26, 87
      • :
    • Exon. 35 b; Th. 114, 32
      • ;
    • Gú. 181
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 77, 3: 91, 8: 134, 11: 135, 21: 145, 4
      • :
    • Menol. Fox 330
      • ;
    • Men. 166
      • .
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v. ǽr; adv.
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v.  ǽrer ǽrror ǽrur ǽryr.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ǽror.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/810.

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