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ǼS

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ǼS, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§119; §240;
Food, meat, carrion, a dead carcase; esca, cibus, pabulum, cadaver
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  • Earn ǽses georn

    the eagle eager for food,

    • Byrht. Th. 134, 60
    • ;
    • By. 107
    • .
  • Lǽton him behíndan ðone earn ǽses brúcan

    they left behind them the eagle to eat of the carrion,

    • Chr. 938; Th. i. 207, 30, col. 2
    • ;
    • Æðelst. 63
    • .
  • Ǽse wlanc

    exulting in carrion,

    • Beo. Th. 2668
    • ;
    • B. 1332
    • :
    • Ps. Th. 146, 10
    • .
Etymology
[
Dut. aas, n. esca, cadaver
;
Ger. aas, n. esca, cadaver
:
M. H. Ger. ás, n
:
O. H. Ger. ás, n. esca
:
Dan. aas, n
:
Swed. as, n
.]
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  • ǼS, n.