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ǽr

  • preposition
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ǽr, prep.
Wright's OE grammar
§134; §559;
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with dat.
before a certain time or circumstance
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  • Ǽr ðǽre teóðan tíde,

      Ll. Th. ii. 436, 7.

  • Ǽr Martines mæssan,

      Chr. 971; P. 119, 23.

  • Ǽr Crístes geflǽscnesse,

      P. 4, 22.

  • Ǽr Pendan deáþe,

      Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 29.

  • Ǽr ðǽre costunge,

      Past. 103, 25.

  • Ǽr ðæs monnes hryre,

      299, 18.

  • Ǽr anginne, Hml. S. 1, 17. (1 a)

    before

    the proper time. v. ǽr-ǽt :-- Ðæt men ǽr tíman ne gereordige,
      Hml. S. 16, 316.

  • Ǽr mǽle,

      Hml. Th. ii. 590, 25.
ago, cf. for
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  • Ǽr monigum geárum (

    ante annos plures

    ) be his lífe wé áwriton,
      Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 12.

  • Ðæt nú ǽr þrím geárum geworden wæs

    quod ante triennium factum est,

      4, 32; S. 611, 11.
marking priority
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  • His bróþor ǽr him ríce hæfde,

      Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 19.

  • Gif hire forðsíð getímige ǽr him,

      Wlfst. 304, 23.

  • Hé ǽr worolde rícsode,

      Past. 33, 13: Cri. 1346,
marking preference (
in the phrase ǽr ðám (ðan) ðe)
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  • Sum wíf wolde hire líf forlǽtan, ǽr ðan ðe heó luge,

      Hml. S. 12, 179.

  • Wolde se cwellere mid him sweltan, ǽr ðan ðe hé hine slóge,

      19, 102.

  • Hí sweltan woldon, ǽr ðan ðe hí wiðsócon Gode, and heora líf áléton ǽr ðan ðe heora geleáfan, 19, 102-3.

    II.

    with acc. :-- God ǽr ealle worulda,
      Hml. Th. ii. 280, 13: 596, 28.

  • Wæs hé beforan ǽr þá þreó geár gecrístnod,

      Bl. H. 215, 36.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ǽr.” 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/37896.

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