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Anglo-Saxon

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æx

(n.)
Grammar
æx, e; f.

An axisaxis

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

æra gebland

(n.)
Grammar
æra gebland, [ær = ear sea]

The agitation of the sea

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The agitation of the sea, Chr. 937; Th. 202, 38, col. 1; ear in col. 2, and p. 203, 38, col. 1; eár in col. 2

Linked entry: ǽr-geblond

ǽt

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Swylce þá gebrocu þæs hláfes þurh þone ǽt (per esum) weóxon, 252, 23. v. ǽr-, flǽsc-, un-ǽt

æl-

(prefix)
Grammar
æl-, prefix.

alltotusomnisforeignperegrinus

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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

æt

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Æt þám sáwlum beswicene, Chrd. 88, 12

Ǽ

(n.)
Grammar
Ǽ, indecl. f.

Lawstatutecustomritemarriagelexstatutumceremoniæritusmatrimonium

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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

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.

ǽw

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

aler

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Aler (-aer) alnus, Txts. 39, 116. Be ðǽre alra ofesce, C. D. iii. 393, 11. Add

æt

(prep.)
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Add: A. prep. followed by a case. with dat. temporal, at Æt ðǽm ýtmestan dæge, Bl. H. 51, 8. Æt þisse ilcan tíde, 91, 14. Æt twám cierrun and æt ðǽm þriddan cierre, Ors. 5, 7; S. 228, 28.

ǽdr

veinartery

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vein, artery, Ps. Th. 72, 17

ǽn

(n.; num.; adj.)

oneunus

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one; unus Wyrc ðé nú ǽnne aro now make thee an ark. Gen. 6, 14: Mt. Bos. 5, 36

alr

(n.)
Grammar
alr, es; m.

An alder-treealnus

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An alder-tree; alnus, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 65, 5; Wrt. Voc. 33, 4

Linked entry: ælr

ǽw

(adj.)
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lawful, l. ǽwe

áre

(n.)
Grammar
áre, honour.
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The instances given belong to ár

amer

(n.)
Grammar
amer, (?), es; n.
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A kind of corn, spelt. In C. D. iii. 118, 20 occurs omer-lond, and in iv. 157, 34 omer-mád. Could the omer in either case correspond to O. H. Ger. amer far, ador?: cf. O. H. Ger. place-names Amar-lant, -feld. Or is the form to be identified with amore

ǽl

Grammar
ǽl, v. ge-bind;

Similar entry: sǽ-ǽl

ǽt

Similar entry: feónd-ǽt

æl

(n.)

an awl

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an awl. Add

ærc

(n.)

a chest.

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a chest