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ǽrer

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽrer, adv.

Before

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Before Ǽrer hit gewyrþe before it comes to pass. Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, note 8

ǽror

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽror, ǽrror; prep. dat.

Beforeantepriusquam

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Before; ante, priusquam Næs ǽror ðé [MS. aworþe] ǽnegu gesceaft there was not before thee any creature, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 81; Met. 20, 41

Linked entry: ǽrror

ǽrur

(adv.)
Grammar
ǽrur, adv.

Beforeantea

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Before; antea Swá he him ǽrur, hér on ðyssum lífe, ge-earnaþ as he for himself before, here in this life, earneth. Rood Kmbl. 214; Kr. 108: Ps. Th. 115, 3

ǽror

earlier, before rather

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Add: temporal, earlier, before Nán mann ǽror nán swylc ne gemunde, Chr. 1032; P. 159, 5. Ǽrer hé hit ǽrǽrde, 1086; P. 219, 4. Swá swá wé áwriton ǽror, Ælfc. T.

æce

(n.)
Grammar
æce, ace, es; m.

An akepaindolor

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An ake, pain; dolor Eal ðæt sár and se æce onwæg alǽded wæs all the sore and ake were (led) taken away, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 35: 5, 4; S. 617, 22

ǽge

(n.)

the islandinsulam

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the island; insulam Æt eðelinga ǽge at the island of nobles; apud nobilium insulam, Sim. Dunelm. an. 888

Linked entry: ǽg

æht

(n.)
Grammar
æht, e; f.

Valuationestimationdeliberationcouncilæstimatiodeliberatioconsilium

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Valuation, estimation, deliberation, council; æstimatio, deliberatio, consilium Fira bearn æht besittaþ the sons of men sit in council, Andr. Kmbl. 820; An. 410. Biscopas and bóceras and ealdormen æht besǽton bishops and scribes and princes sat in council

ǽrra

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽrra, ǽrre; adj.

Formerearlier

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Former, earlier, Exon, 113b; Th. 436, 11; Rä. 54, 12: Menol. Fox 213; Men. 108: Elen. Kmbl. 609; El. 305

Linked entry: ǽr

ædre

Grammar
ædre, 1.ǽdre.

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æsc-stéde

Grammar
æsc-stéde, l. æsc-stede.

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ǽdre

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽdre, ( = ǽðre? cpve. of eáðe)

levius

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levius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 58

ǽl

(n.)
Grammar
ǽl, e; f.

Burning

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Burning Ðára eágan scínað swá leóhte swá is án micel blácern on ǽle (onǽle? cf. on-ál) their eyes shine as bright as is a great lamp a-light, Nar. 37, 18

ǽrra

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On his ðæt ǽrre mynster in primum suum monasterium. Bd. 5, 19; S. 641, 17. Ðæt (what) ǽrran woroldwitan gerǽddon, Ll. Th. i. 350, 6. Add

æg

Grammar
æg, l.
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Dó ǽges ðæt hwíte tó, Lch. ii. 20, 12. Genim ǽges ðæt geoluwe, 22, 19. Ǽges geola, 130, 12. Nó ðonne bútan med-mycelne dǽl hláfes and án henne ǽg mid lytle meolc wætere gemengedre hé onféng, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 33. Þreó ǽgero, Shrn. 135, 18. Gif hit festendæg

ǽht

Grammar
ǽht, In Ll. Th. i. 6, 3 the weak form, ealle ða ǽhtan, occurs, and a form not feminine, mínes ágenes ǽhtes,
  • 194, 16
  • .

what is owned, a possessionpossession

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Add: what is owned, a possession Ǽht res, heánra manna (man, Wrt.) vel ceorla (-ic, Wrt.) ǽhta peculium, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 57, 59. Ǽhta gadzarum, An. Ox. 3155. Gif ceorl deóflum gelde, hé sié ealra his ǽhta (MS. ǽhtan) scyldig, Ll. Th. i. 40, 5, 6. Selle

ǽr-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽr-lic, -líce.

Similar entry: ár-lic

ǽdr

veinartery

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vein, artery, Ps. Th. 72, 17

æge

feartimorterror

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fear; timor, terror, Chr. 1006, Th. 257, 41

æld

fire

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fire, Exon. 22 a; Th. 59, 30; Cri. 960

Linked entry: æled

ÆLF

(n.)
Grammar
ÆLF, es; m.

An ELFgeniusincubus

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An ELF ; genius, incubus Wið ælfe gníd myrran on win against an elf rub myrrh in wine, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm, ii. 296, 9. Ylfe, pl. nom. m. Beo. Th. 224; B. 112