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ǽr

  • adverb
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Grammar
ǽr, eár, ér; sup. ǽrost, ǽrest, ǽrst; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§134; §445; §556;
ERE, before, sooner, earlier, formerly, already, some time ago, lately, just now, till, until; antea, prius, mane, mature, dudum
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  • Gang ǽr

    vade prius,

    • Mt. Bos. 5, 24
      • .

  • He wæs ǽr ðonne ic

    ille erat prius quam ego,

    • Jn. Bos. 1, 15, 30
      • .

  • Ǽr on morgen

    early in the morning,

    • Cd. 224; Th. 297, 10
      • ;
    • Sat. 515
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 18, 5
      • :
    • Ex. 12, 22
      • .

  • Nóht micle ǽr

    non multo ante,

    • Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 21
      • .

  • Hwéne ǽr

    scarcely before, just before,

    • Bt. 23; Fox 78, 25
      • .

  • Swýðe ǽr

    very early;

    valde mane

    ,
    • Mk. Bos. 16, 2: 1, 35
      • .

  • Tó ǽr

    too soon,

    • Exon. 45a; Th. 152, 30
      • ;
    • Gú. 816
      • .

  • Hwonne ǽr

    how soon? when?

    quando?

    • Ps. Th. 40, 5
      • .

  • Ǽrost

    first,

    • Gen. 19, 33
      • .

  • Swá hit engel gecwæþ ǽrest on Eþresc

    as the angel said it first in Hebrew,

    • Exon. 9b; Th. 9, 11
      • ;
    • Cri. 133: 88b
      • ;
    • Th. 333, 15
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 4
      • .

  • Him cenned wearþ Cainan ǽrest

    to him was born Cainan first,

    • Cd. 57; Th. 70, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 1149
      • .

  • Mon wæs to Godes anlícnesse ǽrest gesceapen

    man was at first shapen to God's image,

    • 75; Th. 92, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 1529
      • .

  • Ðá ic hér ǽrest com

    when I first came here,

    • 129; Th. 164, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 2711
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 1236
      • ;
    • B. 616
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. ær, ære, ear
:
Orm. ær
:
R. Glouc. er
:
Wyc. Chauc. Piers er
:
T. More ere
:
O. Sax. ér prius, antea
:
O. Frs. ér
:
Ger. eher prius, antea
:
O. H. Ger. ér, ǽr antea, dudum, prius, quondam
:
Goth. air diluculo, mane
:
O. Nrs. ár olim, mane
.]
Derived forms
ǽr-boren, -gedón, -genemned, -gód, -gystran-dæg, -líce, -wacol
Linked entries
v.  ǽrest ǽring ǽron ǽror ǽrost ǽrst ér.
Entry information
Citation

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/732.

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