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Anglo-Saxon

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æsc-þræc

Grammar
æsc-þræc, l. æsc-þracu.

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ÆX

(n.)
Grammar
ÆX, = ÆCS, æsc, acas, e; f: acase, axe, an; f.

what is brought to an edge ⬩ An AXE ⬩ a hatchet ⬩ pickaxe ⬩ securis ⬩ ascia

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what is brought to an edge, An AXE, a hatchet, pickaxe; securis, ascia Eallunga ys seó æx to ðæra treówa wurtrumum asett jam enim securis ad radicem arborum posita est, Mt. Bos. 3, 10. Mid æxum with axes, Ps. Th. 73, 6. On æxe in securi, Ps. Spl. 73,

Linked entries: acas acs æcse eax ex

ǽr-ðam

(prep.)
Grammar
ǽr-ðam, ǽr-ðon

before that

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before that,Mt. Bos. 6, 8: Exon. 61 a; Th. 224, 22; Ph. 379

æl

(n.)
Grammar
æl, e; f.

An awl ⬩ subula

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An awl; subula Hwanon sceó-wyrhtan æl unde sutori subula, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 33: L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 10. Æl subula, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 27; Wrt. Voc. 16, 2

ǽren

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽren, adj.
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Lytel ǽren scip carabus, Gr. D. 347, 2, 4

æsc-berend

(n.)
Grammar
æsc-berend, es; m. [æsc a spear, berende bearing, part, from beran to bear]

A spear or lance-bearer ⬩ a soldier ⬩ hastifer

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A spear or lance-bearer, a soldier; hastifer Eorre æscberend the fierce spear-bearer, Andr. Kmbl. 93; An. 47: 2153; An. 1078. Ealde æscberend the old spear-bearer, 3072; Au. 1539

æsc-þrote

(n.)
Grammar
æsc-þrote, an; f: -þrotu, e; f. [æsc ash, þrote a throat]

ASH-THROAT ⬩ vervain ⬩ verbenaca ⬩ verbena officinalis

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ASH-THROAT, vervain; verbenaca, verbena officinalis, Prior, p. 242: vocabularies give the Lat. feiula the fennel-giant, but verbenaca vervain seems more probable from the following quotations, — Herba uermenaca [ = verbenaca. Herb. 4, = verbenaca: Lat

Linked entries: asc-þrotu berbéna

æbs

(n.)
Grammar
æbs, e; f?

A fir-tree ⬩ abies

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A fir-tree; abies, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 45: 9, 26; Som. 11, 18

Linked entries: æspe æps

ægru

eggs

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eggs, L. M. 1, 87; Lchdm. ii. 156, 6

æld

age

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age. Exon. 45 a; Th. 152,11; Gú. 807

ælr

(n.)

an alder-tree ⬩ alnus

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an alder-tree; alnus

ǽta

(n.)
Grammar
ǽta, an; m.

An eater ⬩ edax

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An eater; edax

ǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwe, es; n.

Law ⬩ lex

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Law; lex, L. M. I. P. 15; Th. ii. 268, 28

ǽwe

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwe, f. n. (? v. Hml. Th. ii. 322, 33 infra.)
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A married woman; in pl. married people Gif hé cyfesan hæbbe and náne rihtǽwe . . . beó hit cyfes beó hit ǽwe ( uxor ), Ll. Th. ii. 186, 2-5: 270, 6. Ciric is sácerdes ǽwe; náh hé mid rihte ǽnige óþre, 334, 24: 340, 5. Oð þæt hé on rihtre ǽwe gewífige

ǽta

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ǽte

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Eft, sealf; ǽtan gecnúa, lege on, Lch. ii. 118, 28. Add

ǽfric

Similar entry: ǽfr-ǽlc

Ælf

(n.)
Grammar
Ælf, e; f.

The Elbe

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The Elbe Ælfe múða ðǽre ié, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 6, 27

ærne

Similar entry: tigel-ærne

ǽren-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
ǽren-dæg, l. ǽran dæg.
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v. ǽr
; adj.

Similar entry: ǽr

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