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ÁTE

(n.)
Grammar
ÁTE, ǽte ; gen. átan ; pl. átan ; gen. átena ; f.

OATS ⬩ tares ⬩ darnel ⬩ cockle ⬩ avena fatua ⬩ Lin. lolium

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OATS, tares, darnel, cockle; avena fatua, Lin. lolium Nim átena grátan take groats of oats, Lchdm. iii. 292, 24. Genim mela ǽtena take meal of oats, L. M. 1, 35 ; Lchdm.ii. 84, 5 : Chr. 1124; Th. 376, 6. Áte lolium, Cot. 126. Átan or lasor tares; zizania

Linked entries: ǽte átih

ǽg-

(prefix)
Grammar
ǽg-, either a contraction of the prefixes á, ǽ, with a g added, as ǽg, or derived from aa = á, áwa, ǽw. It is used in compound pronouns and adverbs, as ǽg-hwá, ǽg-hwǽr, ǽg-hwilc, etc; but, in its place, we also find the prefix á as,—á-hwǽr, á-hwilc, etc. Both ǽg- and á- impart to their compounds a sense of universality.

Ever ⬩ always ⬩ semper

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Ever, always; semper:

æl

(n.)
Grammar
æl, es; m.

Oil ⬩ oleum

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Oil; oleum Ða sceolon beón æle bracene they must be beaten up with oil, Lev. 6, 21

ǽg

(n.)
Grammar
ǽg, e; f.

water ⬩ water land ⬩ an island

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water, water land, an island

æl

(n.)
Grammar
æl, l. æle

oil

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oil .

ǽte

(n.)
Grammar
ǽte, an; f. pl. ǽtan; g. ǽtena

Oats ⬩ avena sativa

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Oats; avena sativa, L.M. 1, 35; Lchdm, ii. 84, 5

ǽw

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽw, adj.

Lawful ⬩ legitimate ⬩ related by the law of marriage ⬩ married ⬩ legitimus ⬩ nuptus ⬩ germanus

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Ǽwe gebróðru brothers of the same marriage, own brothers; germani fratres, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 28

ǼS

(n.)
Grammar
ǼS, es; n.

Food ⬩ meat ⬩ carrion ⬩ a dead carcase ⬩ esca ⬩ cibus ⬩ pabulum ⬩ cadaver

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Ǽse wlanc exulting in carrion, Beo. Th. 2668; B. 1332 : Ps. Th. 146, 10

ǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr, comp. m. ǽra, ǽrra; f. n. ǽre, ǽrre; sup. ǽrest; adj.

Early ⬩ former ⬩ preceding ⬩ ancient ⬩ prior ⬩ præcedens ⬩ antiquus

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Æt ǽrestan at the first; primo, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 2: Exon. 19a; Th. 49, 15; Cri. 786

Linked entries: ǽra ǽrest ár ǽren-dæg

ǽta

(n.)
Grammar
ǽta, an; m.

An eater ⬩ edax

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An eater; edax

æx

(n.)
Grammar
æx, e; f.

An axis ⬩ axis

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An axis; axis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 45

ǽw

(n.)
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law. v. ǽ. a wife. v. ǽwe, and riht-ǽwe

æl-

(prefix)
Grammar
æl-, prefix.

all ⬩ totus ⬩ omnis ⬩ foreign ⬩ peregrinus

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= eal all; totus, omnis, as æl-beorht, æl-ceald, etc. æl- = el-, ee-, foreign; peregrinus, as æl-fylce, æl-wihta, etc

Linked entries: -teáw syndrig -tǽwe

ǽht

Grammar
ǽht, <b>. I d.</b>
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Hé wæs riht ǽht tó Hǽðfelda, Cht. E. 276, 18. Add

æx

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Sió æcs áwient of ðǽm hielfe, Past. 165, 25 : 167, 7, 9. Sió æx (æxs, Hatt. MS.), 338, 14. Ex securis. Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 61. Treów wyrðe scearpre æxe, Hml. Th. ii. 408, 16. Slóh hine án heora mid ánre æxe ýre, Chr. 1012; P. 142, 24.

ǽr

Grammar
ǽr, <b>; II.</b>
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Add Ǽr . . . siþþan, Chr. 690; P. 40, 10: Hml. Th. 244, 28. Add Ǽrest . . . siþþan, Hml. Th. i. 276, ii

ǽr

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr, es; n.

Brass ⬩ æs

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Brass; æs Siððan folca bearn ǽres [MS. ǽrest] cúðon and ísernes since then the sons of men have known brass and iron, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 22; Gen. 1088: Wrt. Voc. 8, 27

Ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Ǽ, indecl. f.

Law ⬩ statute ⬩ custom ⬩ rite ⬩ marriage ⬩ lex ⬩ statutum ⬩ ceremoniæ ⬩ ritus ⬩ matrimonium

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God is wísdóm and ǽ woruldbúendra God is the wisdom and law of the inhabitants of the world, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 165; Met. 29, 83. Cristes ǽ the Gospel. Bútan ǽ oððe útlaga an outlaw, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 44. Seó æftere ǽ Deuteronomy, Bd. 1, 27.

Linked entries: ǽ-fyllende á

ǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr, adj.
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Æt ǽrestan, Lch. ii. 118, 19

ǽw

(adj.)
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lawful, l. ǽwe

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