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EÁR

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
EÁR, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§70; §139; §255; §329; §419;
The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE, which stands for the letters ea: v. Steph. Runic Monmnts. p. 100,
  • 11
  • ;
  • 117, col. 7: and p. 137:
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  • RUNE byþ egle eorla gehwylcum, ðonne fæstlíce flǽsc onginneþ hráw cólian, hrusan ceósan to gebeddan

    the ground is hateful to every man, when surely the flesh beginneth to cool as a corpse, to choose the earth for a consort,

    Runic pm.
      29; Kmbl. 345, 10: Hick. Thes. i. 135, 57.
Etymology
[
Icel. aurr, m. hŭmus. Hylja auri hŭmo condĕre, Kormak's Saga
.]
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  • EÁR, n.