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ǽr

  • adjective
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ǽr, comp. m. ǽra, ǽrra; f. n. ǽre, ǽrre; sup. ǽrest; adj.
Early, former, preceding, ancient; prior, præcedens, antiquus
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  • On ǽrne mergen

    in early morning;

    primo mane

    ,
    • Mt. Bos. 20, 1
    • :
    • Mk. Bos. 16, 9
    • :
    • Jn. Bos. 21, 4
    • :
    • Ps. Spl. 5, 3, 4
    • .
  • Fram ǽrne mergen óþ ǽfen

    from early morning till evening,

    • Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 8
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  • Swá he wæs gyrstan dæg and ǽran dæg

    sicut erat heri et nudius tertius,

    • Gen. 31, 5
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  • Ðæs ǽran tácnes

    prioris signi,

    • Ex. 4, 8
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  • Forlýst he his ǽrran gód

    he loses his former good,

    • Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 22
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  • Of deáþe woruld awehte in ðæt ǽrre líf

    awoke the world from death into the former life,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 609
    • ;
    • El. 305
    • :
    • Exon. 113b; Th. 436, 11
    • ;
    • Rä. 54, 12
    • .
  • On ðysse ǽrran béc

    præcedente libro,

    • Bd. 4, 1; S. 563, 18
    • .
  • Ǽrran dagas

    dies antiqui,

    • Ps. Th. 142, 5
    • :
    • Beo. Th. 1819
    • ;
    • B. 907
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  • Weorpe ǽrest stán

    primus lapidem mittat,

    • Jn. Bos. 8, 7
    • .
  • Se hér-búendra hearpan ǽrest hlyn awehte

    who first of dwellers here awoke the sound of the harp,

    • Cd. 52; Th. 66, 5
    • ;
    • Gen. 1079
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  • Se ǽresta wæs Enos háten

    the first was called Enos,

    • 50; Th. 64, 24
    • ;
    • Gen. 1055
    • .
  • Wæs seó ǽreste costung ofercumen

    the first temptation was overcome,

    • Exon. 39a; Th. 128, 32
    • ;
    • Gú. 408
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  • In ða ǽrestan ældu

    in the first age,

    • 34a; Th. 108, 29
    • ;
    • Gú. 80
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  • Ða ǽrestan ælda cynnes

    the first of the race of men,

    • 47a; Th. 160, 23
    • ;
    • Gú. 948
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  • Ðú eall oncneówe, ða ǽrestan eác ða néhstan

    tu cognovisti omnia, antiqua et novissima,

    • Ps. Th. 138, 3
    • .
  • Æt ǽrestan

    at the first;

    primo

    ,
    • L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 2
    • :
    • Exon. 19a; Th. 49, 15
    • ;
    • Cri. 786
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Derived forms
ǽr-ádl, -cwide, -dǽd, -dæg, -deáþ, -fæder, -gestreón, -geweorc, -gewinn, -gewyrht, -ing, -morgen, -mergen, -sceaft, -wéla, -woruld
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v.  ǽra ǽrest ár.
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