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Anglo-Saxon

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æspen

(adj.)
Grammar
æspen, adj.

ASPEN ⬩ belonging to the asp-tree ⬩ populeus

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ASPEN, belonging to the asp-tree; populeus

æsul

(n.)
Grammar
æsul, es; m.

An ass ⬩ asinus

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An ass; asinus, Mt. Rush. Kmbl. 21, 2

Ætne

(n.)
Grammar
Ætne, es; m.

Etna

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Etna, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 20: 16, 1; Fox 50, 5

ǽfre

Grammar
ǽfre, <b>. I</b> I.
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add: Hml. S. 12, 120

æstel

Grammar
æstel, For the first 14 lines in Dict. substitute: This word is of uncertain meaning. In the two instances of its use in which from the context the character of the object denoted by the word may be to some extent inferred, the meanings seem different. In Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 23 it occurs in a list of words connected with the fabric and furniture of a church, chorus chor, gradus stæpe, indicatorium æstel, scabellum sceamul; in Past. 9, 1-3 it is associated with a book. As the word seems adapted from Low Latin aslella, a chip, plank, board, in each case some kind of board may be intended; in the former a notice-board (?), in the latter a board used in the binding of a book, on which the title of the book was inscribed (cf. Latin index = title of a book). For a description of binding see Rá. 27 and Jn. L. p. 48. From the latter, as throwing light on the value of Alfred's
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æstel, may be quoted the following: 'Hé gesmioðade ðá gehríno ðá ðe útan on sint, and hit gehrínade mið golde and mið gimmum ǽc mið suulfre ofergylded fáconleás feh.' See a paper by E. J. Thomas in Camb. Philol. Trans. 1916

ǽcen

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽcen, adj.

Of oak

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Of oak. [In Lch. iii. 52, 2 for ǽcenan read(?) ǽrenan.]

æfne

ability

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ability

ǽrne

Grammar
ǽrne, l. ǽrne-mergen, -morgen

early morning

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early morning Clǽnnyss sý swá swá ǽrnemergen (diluculum), Hy. Srt. 16, 27. Diluculum, ðæt is se ǽrnemergen, Lch. iii. 244, 6. Se dæg hæfð þreó tódǽlednyssa. . . . Seó forme hátte mane, ðæt ys ǽrnemergen, . . . seó niht hafað seofon tó-dǽlednyssa . .

æscene

vastaretur ⬩ eradere

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vastaretur, An. Ox. 37, 4 [ = ? ǽ-scefe; cf. (?) scafan:]

æsceda

Similar entry: ǽ-sceáda

æsc-þræc

Grammar
æsc-þræc, l. æsc-þracu.

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æsc-stéde

Grammar
æsc-stéde, l. æsc-stede.

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æsc-berende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
æsc-berende, part.

Spear-bearing ⬩ hastam gerens

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Spear-bearing; hastam gerens Wígena æscbe-rendra of warriors bearing spears, Cd. 94; Th. 123, 7; Gen. 2041

æcced

(n.)
Grammar
æcced, es; n.

Vinegar ⬩ acetum

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Vinegar; acetum, Jn. Lind. War. 19, 30

ǽcen

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽcen, = ácen; adj.

Oaken ⬩ made of oak ⬩ quernus

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Oaken, made of oak; quernus, Cot. 165

Linked entry: ácen

ÆCER

(n.)
Grammar
ÆCER, æcyr, es; m.

a field ⬩ land ⬩ what is sown ⬩ sown land ⬩ ager ⬩ seges

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a field, land, what is sown, sown land; ager, seges For ðam is se æcer geháten Acheldemah propter hoc vocatus est ager ille Haceldama, Mt. Bos. 27, 8. Hér ys seó bót, hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras betan here is the remedy, how thou mayest improve thy fields

Linked entries: sulh-æcer acer æcyr ecer

ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
ǽdre, ǽddre, édre, an; f; ǽdr, e; f.

An artery ⬩ a vein ⬩ fountain ⬩ river ⬩ arteria ⬩ vena ⬩ fons ⬩ rivus ⬩ a nerve ⬩ sinew ⬩ kidney ⬩ nervus ⬩ ren

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a channel for liquids, An artery, a vein, fountain, river; arteria, vena, fons, rivus; Similar entries v. wæter-ǽdre Feorh aléton þurh ǽdra wylm they let life forth through the fountain of their veins, Exon. 72b; Th. 271, 6; Jul. 478. Blédaþ ǽdran the

Linked entries: ceddran ǽddran ǽdr ǽdre-weg eador-geard édre

æfne

(int.)
Grammar
æfne, interj.

Behold ⬩ ecce

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Behold; ecce Æfne sóþlíce sóþfæstnysse ðú lufudest ecce enim veritatem dilexisti, Ps. Spl. 50, 7

ǽhte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ǽhte, v. áhte; p. of ágan.

had ⬩ owned ⬩ possessed

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had, owned, possessed

ælde

(n.)

men

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men Ælda bearnum for the sons of men, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 18; Cri. 937. Ænig ælda cynnes any one of the race of men, 19a; Th. 49, 4; Cri. 780: 44b; Th. 151, 16; Gú. 796. Mid ældum with men, 13b; Th. 25, 25 ; Cri. 406

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