Bosworth Toller's

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  • Áwyrpað his líc fugelum tó ǽse and hundum tó mete,

    • Hml. S. 37, 235
      • .

  • Næs se here swá strang ðæt on Angelcynne ǽs him gefetede,

    • Chr. 975
      • ;
    • P. 121, 12
      • .
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  • Ðá getímode ðám deófle swá swá déð ðám grǽdigan fisce, ðe gesihð ðæt ǽs, and ne gesihð ðone angel ðe on ðám ǽse sticað: bið ðonne grǽdig ðæs ǽses, and forswylcð ðone angel mid ðám ǽse,

    • Hml. Th. i. 216, 9-13
      • .

  • Angel vel ǽs ic (the fisherman ) wyrpe,

    • Coll. M. 23, 11
      • .

  • Fugel, ðonne hé gífre bið, hé gesihð ðæt ǽs

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    on eorðan, and ðonne for ðǽm luste ðæs metes hé forgiet ðæt grin,

    • Past. 331, 17
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ǽs.” 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/37962.

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