A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students
Chapter 3
æcst, æcð pres. 2 and 3 sg. of acan.
ǣcumba = ācumba
æcur = æcer
æcyrf m. _(wood-)choppings_, BH 224^15.
æd (NG) = æt
æd- = ed-
ædderseax (WW) = ǣdreseax
æddre, ǣdr = ǣdre
ǣdre I. f. _artery, vein, pulse, nerve, sinew_, _B_; AO: pl. _veins, kidneys_: _runlet of water, fountain, spring, stream_. [‘_eddre_’] II. adv. _at once, directly, instantly, quickly_: (†) _fully, entirely_. [_OS._ ādro]
ǣdreseax (der) n. _lancet_, WW 410^10.
ǣdreweg m. _artery, vein_.
ǣdrīfan = ādrīfan
ædwist = edwist
æfæst = æfest
ǣfæst = ǣwfæst
æfdæll -dell (NG) = ofdæle
æfdȳne m. _declivity_, #Gl#.
ǣfelle _without skin, peeled_, WW 190^31.
æfen = efen
ǣfen (ē) nm. _‘even,’ evening, eventide_, _B, MkL, Gu_ (ēfn). tō ǣfenes _till evening_: _eve_, _RB_.
ǣfencollatio _the ‘collatio’ read before compline_, NC 268.
ǣfendrēam m. _even-song_, RB.
ǣfengebed n. _evening service_, WW 129^34.
ǣfengereord n. _evening meal, supper_ (often used in pl. of one meal).
ǣfengereordian _to sup, give supper to_, CM 1030.
ǣfengereordung f. _supper_, NC 269.
ǣfengeweorc n. _evening work_, #Lcd# 70b.
ǣfen-giefl, -gifl n. _evening repast, supper_, AO, CP.
ǣfen-glōm, -glōma m., -glōmung (omm-, eom-) f. _gloaming, twilight_.
ǣfengrom _fierce at eve_, B 2074.
æfenian = æfnian [[headword spelled “ǣfnian”]]
ǣfenlāc n. _evening sacrifice, evening prayer_, #PPs# 140^3.
ǣfenlǣcan _to grow towards evening_, Lk 24^29.
ǣfenlēoht n. _evening light_, B 403.
ǣfenleoð † n. _evening song_.
ǣfenlic _of the evening_; adv. -līce.
ǣfenlof n. _lauds (service)_, CM 1035.
ǣfenmete m. _supper_.
ǣfenoffrung f. _evening sacrifice_, NC 269.
ǣfenrǣding f. _reading (during the evening meal at a monastery), ‘collatio,’_ CM.
ǣfenrepsung f. _nightfall_, Æ.
ǣfen-rest, -ræst † f. _evening rest_.
ǣfensang m. ‘_evensong_,’ _Æ, RB_.
ǣfensceop m. _evening singer, bard_, #Rd# 9^5. [scop]
ǣfenscīma m. _evening splendour_, #Gen# 2448.
ǣfensprǣc f. _evening talk_, B 759.
ǣfensteorra m. _the evening star, Hesperus_, _Bo_; Æ. [‘_evenstar_’]
ǣfen-tīd f., -tima m. _eventide_, Æ.
ǣfenðēnung f. _evening service_: _evening repast, supper_.
ǣfenðēowdōm m. _evening service or office_, WW 129^34.
ǣfenung = ǣfnung
ǣfer = ǣfre
æferðe f. _name of a plant_, #Lcd#.
æfes- = efes-
æfesa ? m., æfese (m.) f. = æfesn
æfesn, æfesen f. _relish, dainty, special pasturage, pannage_; _the charge for special pasturage_, LL.
æfesne ?= æpsen?
æfest mf. _envy, hatred, malice, spite_, CP; _El, Ps_: _zeal, rivalry_. [‘_evest_’]
ǣfest == ǣwfæst
æfestful _full of envy_.
±æfestian -igian _to be or become envious_.
æfestig _envious_: _zealous_.
æfestlīce = ofostlīce [[under “ofost”]]
æfgælð f. _superstition_, OEG.
æfgerefa (-groefa) ‘_exactor_,’ LkL 12^58.
æfgrynde n. _abyss_, #PPs# 35^6.
æfhynde = ofhende
æfian (-an?) _to be in a miserable condition_, #Cr# 1357 (or æfnan? Gollancz).
æfisc (EC 291) = efesc [[under “efes”]]
æflāst m. _a wandering from the way_? #Ex# 473.
±æfnan (e) _to carry out, do, perform, fulfil_: _cause_: _endure, suffer_: (+) _hold, sustain_. [_ON._ efna]
æfne = efne
±ǣfnian _to grow towards evening_, Æ.
ǣfnung f. _‘evening,’ sunset_, _Æ_.
ǣfre adv. _‘ever,’ at any time_, _Sat, Mt_: _always, constantly, perpetually_, _Cr, RB_; Æ, CP: _henceforth_: ne ǣ.; ǣ. ne (= nǣfre) _never_; ǣ. tō aldre _for ever_. ǣ. ǣlc, _W, Chr_. ǣ. ǣnig _any at all_, _KC_.
æfreda m. _what is taken or separated from_, OEG (Napier). [æf; *hreda (hreddan)]: _tow, oakum_ (BT).
ǣfremmende _pious, religious_, #Jul# 648.
æfse I. = efes. II. = æbs
æfsecgan _to confute_, ES 42^163.
æfst == æfest
æfsweorc n. _pasturage_, WW 410^12 (= *æfesweorc).
æft = eft
æftan adv. _from behind, behind, in the rear_, _Ma_. [‘_aft_’]
æftanweard adj. _behind, in the rear, following_, #Rd# 63^5.
æftemest adj. _last, hindmost_, Æ, AO.
æfter I. prep. (w. d., i. and--chiefly N.--a.) (local and temporal) _after, along, behind, through, throughout, during_: (causal) _following, in consequence of, according to, for the purpose of_: (object) _after, about, in pursuit of, for_. II. adv. _after, then, afterwards, thereafter_: _thereupon, later, back_ (= _in return_). æ. ðon, ðæm, ðisum; æ. ðæm (ðon, ðan) ðe; _afterwards, thereafter_.
æftera = æfterra
æfterǣ f. _the book Deuteronomy_, Æ.
æfterboren adj. _‘afterborn,’ posthumous_, _ÆGr_.
æftercweðan^5 _to speak after, repeat_. æftercweðendra lof _praise from posterity_: _to renounce, abjure_, #Chr# 1094.
æftercyning m. _later king_, BH 140^24 B.
æfterealu n. _small beer_, WW 129^4.
æfterfilian = æfterfylgan [[under “æfterfolgan”]]
æfterfiligend = æfterfylgend
æfterfolgere m. _follower_, AO 142^23.
æfter-folgian, -fylgan (AO) _to follow after, succeed, pursue_.
æfterfylgednes f. _sequel_, ÆL 23b^365.
æfterfylgend m. _follower, successor_, AO, -līce _in succession_.
æfterfylgendnes f. _succession_, SHy 11.
æfterfylgung (eft-) f. _pursuit_.
æfterfylig- = æfterfylg-
æfter-genga, -gengea m. _follower, successor_: _descendant_, Æ.
æftergengel m. _successor_, KC.
æftergengnes f. _succession_, Æ: _posterity_: _inferiority_.
æftergyld n. _further payment_, LL.
æfterhǣðe f? _autumn drought_, AO 102^7.
æfterhyrigan _to imitate_, BH.
æfterlēan n. _reward, recompense, restitution, retribution_, #Gen# 76.
æfterlic _second_, WW 505^19.
æfterra (comp.) _second, following, next, latter, lower_, CP.
æfter-rāp (Æ) -ræpe m. _crupper_.
æfterrīdan^1 _to ride after_.
æfterrōwan^7 _to row after_, ES 41^325.
æfterryne m. ‘_occursus_,’ #CPs# 18^7.
æftersang m. _(after-song), _matins_, CM 449.
æftersingallic (= -sanglic) _of matins_, CM 476.
æftersingend m. _succentor_, WW 129^23.
æftersona _soon, afterwards, again_, NG.
æfterspræc f. _after-claim_, LL 398^7.
æftersprecan^5 _to claim_, LL 226[9,4].
æfterspyrian _to track out, search, inquire into, examine_, CP.
æfterweard adj. _after, following, further, behind, in the rear, later_, Æ.
æfterweardnes f. _posterity_, WW 464^18.
æfterwriten _written afterwards_, #Lcd# 69b.
æfterwyrcan _to cause, effect_.
æfter-yld, -yldo f. †_advanced age, old age_: _after age, later time_, BH. [ield(o)]
æfteweard = æfterweard
æftewearde adv. _behind_.
æftra = æfterra
æftresta superl. _last_.
æftum adv. _after_, MtR 24^21.
æftyr = æfter
æfðanc, æfðanca (o, u) m. _insult, offence_: _grudge, displeasure, anger_.
æf-weard (CP) -ward _absent_.
æfweardnes f. _absence_, #Bo#, GD.
æfwela f. _decrease of wealth_, #Lcd# 3·170^13.
æfwendla (WW 223^1) = æfwyrdla
æf-werdelsa, -wyrdelsa m. _injury, damage, loss_.
æfwyrdla, m. _injury, damage, loss_: _fine for injury or loss_.
æfwyrð(u) ? f. _degradation, disgrace_, RB.
ǣfyllende _fulfilling the law, pious_, #Cr# 704.
ǣfyn = ǣfen
ǣfyrmða fp. _sweepings, rubbish_. [feormian]
ǣg n. (nap. ǣgru) ‘_egg_,’ _Lcd, Lk, OET, Met_.
ǣg = īeg
ǣgan = āgan
æge = ege
ǣgen = āgen
ǣgera (K) dp. of ǣg.
ǣgerfelma f. _egg-skin_, #Lcd# 20b.
ǣgergelu n. _yolk of egg_, #Gl#. [ǣg, geolu]
ǣgflota m. _seafarer, sailor_, #An# 258. [īeg]
ǣggemang n. _egg-mixture_, WW.
ǣg-hwā mf., -hwæt, n. pron. _each one, every one, everything, who or whatever_. ǣghwǣt neut. _anything_. [ǣg = āgi]
ǣghwǣr _everywhere, in every direction_, _Mk_; Æ: _in every case, in every respect_: _anywhere_. [‘_aywhere_’]
ǣghwæs (gs. of ǣghwā) _altogether, in every way, entirely, wholly, throughout, in general_.
ǣghwæt v. ǣghwā.
ǣghwæðer (ǣgðer, āðer). I. pron. _each or every one (of two or more)_, _‘either,’ both_, _AO, Mt_ (gð). II. conj. ǣghwæðer (ge)...ge; ǣgðer...and _both...and_; _as well...as_.
ǣg-hwanan, -hwanon(e), -hwannon, -hwanum, _from all parts, everywhere, on every side, in every way_.
ǣg-hwār, -hwēr = ǣghwǣr
ǣghwelc = ǣghwilc
ǣghweðer = ǣghwæðer
ǣghwider _on every side, in all directions_: _in any direction, anywhere_.
ǣghwilc adj. _each, every, whosoever, whatsoever, all, every one_, _Bo, Met_. ǣ. ānra _each_. ǣ. ōðer _each other_, _Ma_. ǣghwilces _in every way_. [v. ‘_each_’]
ǣg-hwonan, -hwonon (CP), -hwonene = ǣghwanan
ǣghwyder = ǣghwider
ǣghwylc = ǣghwilc
ǣgift f. (m? n?) _restitution, repayment_.
ǣgilde adv. _receiving no ‘wergild’ as compensation_, LL.
ǣgilt = ǣgylt
ǣglǣc == āglǣc
ǣglēaw _learned in the law_.
ǣglēca = āglǣca
ǣglīm m. _white of egg_. [līm]
ǣgmang (WW 4^89) = ǣggemang
ǣgmore f. _root of the eye, socket_? #Lcd# 3·98^5. [ēage]
ægnan sb. pl. _awns, sweepings, chaff_, #Gl#. [v. egenu]
ǣgnes = āgnes, v. āgen.
ǣgnian = āgnian
ǣgru v. ǣg.
ægsa = egsa [[under “egesa”]]
ǣgscill (y) f. _eggshell_, #Lcd#.
ǣgðer = ǣghwæðer
ǣgweard f. _watch on the shore_, B 241. [īeg]
ǣgwern = ǣghwǣr
ǣgwyrt f. _dandelion_, #Lcd# 158b.
ǣgylde = ǣgilde
ǣgylt m. _sin, offence_. [ǣw, gylt]
ǣgype _without skill or cunning_ (BT), #PPs# 106^10.
æhher (MkR 4^28) = ēar
ǣhīw n. _pallor_, OEG 4897.
ǣhīwe _pallid_: _deformed_.
ǣhīwnes f. _pallor_, #Lcd# 1·294^3.
ǣhlȳp m. _breach of the peace, assault_, LL. [cp. æthlȳp]
æht == eaht
ǣht I. f. (rare in sg.) _possessions, goods, lands, wealth, cattle_, _Mk_; AO: _ownership, control_. [āgan: ‘_aught_’ sb.] II. = ōht
āēhtan _to persecute_, LkL 21^12.
ǣhtboren _born in bondage_, RB 11^20.
ǣhte = āhte pret. sg. of āgan.
ǣhteland n. _territory_, BH 358^14.
æhtemann m. _tiller of the soil, serf, farmer_, Æ.
ǣhteswān m. _swineherd who was a chattel on an estate_, LL 449^7.
ǣhtgesteald n. _possession_, #Jul# 115.
ǣhtgestrēon n. _possessions_, #Ph# 506.
ǣtgeweald † mn. _power, control_.
æhtian = eahtian
+æhtle f. _esteem_, B 369.
æhtowe (LkR 2^21) = eahta
ǣhtspēd f. _wealth, riches_, #LPs# 103^24.
ǣhtspēdig _rich_.
ǣhtwela † m. _wealth, riches_.
ǣhtwelig _wealthy, rich_, #Jul# 18.
ǣhwænne = āhwænne
ǣhwǣr, -hwār = āhwǣr
[[Printed on one line: ǣhwænne, ǣhwǣr, -hwār = āhwænne, āhwær]]
ǣhwyrfan = āhwierfan
æhx = æcs
æig = æg [[error for “ǣg”?]]
æl- prefix = I. eal(l)-. II. el(e)-.
æl m. _piercer, ‘awl,’_ _Æ_.
ǣl m. ‘_eel_,’ _WW_; Mdf.
ǣlā = ēalā
ǣlǣdend m. _legislator_, #SPs# 9^21.
ǣlǣrende m. _teacher of the law, instructor in religion_, #El# 506.
ǣlǣte I. n. _desert place_. II. _desert, empty_, W 47^21. III. f. _divorced woman_.
ǣlǣten I. = ālǣten pp. of ālǣtan. II. = ǣlǣte II.
ǣlagol _lawgiving_, GPH 397^363.
ǣlan _to kindle, light, set on fire, burn_, Æ, CP.
ǣlārēow (-lārua) m. _teacher of the law_, _Pharisee_, NG.
ælað = ealað
ælbeorht = eallbeorht
ælbitu (#Gl#) = ilfetu
ǣlc [ēlc, ylc (#VPs#); v. ‘_each_’] I. (pron. subst.) _any, all, every, each (one)_, Æ, AO, CP. ǣlc...ōðrum _the one...the other_. II. (adj. pron.) _each_, _Lcd_: _any_, _CP_.
ǣlceald † _altogether cold, very cold_.
ælcor = elcor
ælcra = elcra [[under “elcora”]]
ælcræftig † _almighty, all-powerful_.
ǣlcuht (AO) ælcwuht n. _everything_.
æld = æled [[headword spelled “ǣled”]]
æld- = ield-
ældewuta (NG) = ealdwita
ǣlecung = ōleccung
ǣled † m. gs. ǣldes _fire, firebrand_. ǣ. weccan _to kindle a fire_, #Whale# 21. [_ON._ eldr]
ǣledfȳr n. _flame of fire_, #Ph# 366?
ǣledlēoma m. _fire-brand_, B 3125.
ælegrǣdig _greedy_, ÆL 18^213. [eall-]
ælegrēne (#RPs# 127^3) = eallgrēne
ælelendisc = elelendisc
ælemidde f. _exact middle_, Æ.
ǣlenge I. _lengthy, tedious, vexatious_, _CP_. [‘_elenge_’] II. _weariness_.
ǣlengnes f. _tediousness_, #Sc#, WW.
ælepe ? _‘origanum,’ wild marjoram_, WW 299^19. [ælene? BT]
ǣlepūte f. _‘eel-pout,’ burbot_, _WW_.
æleð pres. 3 sg. of alan.
ǣleð, ǣlð = ǣled
ælewealdend = eallwealdend
ælf mf. (pl. ielfe, ylfe) _‘elf,’ sprite, fairy, goblin, incubus_, _B, Lcd_.
ælfādl f. _nightmare_, #Lcd# 123b.
ælfæle = ealfelo
æl-faru, -fær f. _whole army, host_, #Ex# 66.
ælfcynn n. _elfin race_, #Lcd# 123a.
ælfer = ælfaru
ǣl-fisc, -fix m. _eel_, TC 242^11.
ælfitu = ylfetu [[under “ylfet” (defined under “ilfetu”)]]
æl-fremed, -fremd, (el-) _strange, foreign_, Æ: (+) _estranged_, #LPs# 57^4: (w. fram) _free, separated from_, Æ.
ælfremeda (el-) m. _stranger, foreigner_.
ælfremedung f. ‘_alienatio_,’ RHy 5^14.
ælf-scīene (ī^2ȳ^2) † _bright as an elf or fairy, beautiful, radiant_.
ælfsiden f. _elvish influence, nightmare_, #Lcd# 120b.
ælfsogoða m. _hiccough (thought to have been caused by elves)_, #Lcd# 124b.
ælfðēodlīce = elðēodiglīce
ælfðone f. _nightshade_, #Lcd# 123b.
ælfylce (= el-) † n. I. _strange land_. II. _foreign band, enemy_.
ǣlhyd f. _eel receptacle_? _eel-skin_? (BT) LL 455^17.
ǣlic _(of the law), legal, lawful_, Æ. adv. -līce.
ælifn f. _sustenance_, #Gl#? (v. ES 42·166)
ǣling f. _burning_, Æ: _ardour_.
ǣling- = ǣleng-
æll- = æl-, eal(l)-, el(l)-
ælmes = ælmesse
ælmesæcer m. _ground of which the yield was given as alms, first-fruits_, A 11·3^69.
ælmesbæð n. _gratuitous bath_, W 171^2.
ælmesdæd f. _almsdeed_, Æ.
ælmesdōnde _giving alms_, NC 269.
ælmesfeoh n. _alms_: _Peter’s pence, Romescot_, _LL_ [‘_almsfee_’]
ælmesfull _charitable_.
ælmesgedāl n. _distribution of alms_.
ælmesgeorn _charitable_, Æ.
ælmesgifa (y^3) m. _giver of alms_, W 72^4.
ælmesgifu f. _alms, charity_, W 159^20.
ælmeshlāf m. _dole of bread_, TC 474^23.
ælmeslāc _giving of alms_, NC 269.
ælmeslēoht n. _a light in church provided at the expense of a pious layman_.
ælmeslic _charitable_: _depending on alms, poor_, -līce, adv. _charitably_, OET. (Ct.)
ælmeslond m. _land granted in frankalmoigne_. [almes-]
ælmesmann m. _‘almsman,’ bedesman, beggar_, _Lcd_; Æ.
ælmespening m. _alms-penny_.
ælmesriht n. _right of receiving alms_.
ælmesse f. _‘alms,’ almsgiving_, _Da, Mt_; Æ, CP. [_L._ eleēmosyna]
ælmessylen (e^3) f. _almsgiving_.
ælmesweorc n. _almsdeed_, #Bl# 25^17.
ælmidde = ælemidde
ælmiehtig = ælmihtig
ælmihtig (ea^2, e^2) adj. ‘_almighty_,’ _B, Ps, TC_; AO, CP: m. _the Almighty_.
ælmihtignes f. _omnipotence_, AS 59^13.
ælmyrca m. _one entirely black, Ethiopian_, #An# 432.
ælmysse = ælmesse
ǣlnet n. _eel net_, BH.
ǣlpig = ānlīpig [[under “ānlīpe”]]
ælren adj. _of an alder tree_, _KC_ 7·316. [‘_aldern_’]
ælreord = elreord
ælsyndrig _separately_, LkR 2^3.
æltǣwe (ēo, ō) _complete, entire, perfect, healthy, sound, true_, Æ, AO, CP: _noted_, _Æ_. [_Goth._ tēwa]. -līce adv.
ælðēod (ælðied-) == elðēod
æl-walda, -wealda = ealwealda [[under “eallwealda”]]
ælwiht † m. _strange creature, monster_ [= *elwiht]; (in pl.) = eallwihta
æmbern = embren
ǣmelle _insipid_, WW 429^30.
ǣmelnes f. _slackness, sloth_, Æ: _weariness, disgust_, WW.
ǣmen, ǣmenne (AO) _uninhabited, desolate, desert_.
ǣmenne _solitude_, AS 4^11 (v. Wfg 3).
ǣmerge f. _embers, ashes, dust_, _Lcd_; Æ. [‘_ember_’]
ǣmet- = ǣmett-
ǣmetbed n. _ant-hill_, #Lcd# 121b.
ǣmethwīl f. _leisure_, Æ.
ǣmethyll m. _ant-hill_, CP 191^25.
ǣmetian = ǣmtian
ǣmetta m. _leisure, rest_, CP. [mōt]
ǣmette f. _‘emmet,’ ant_, _Lcd, WW_; Æ.
ǣmettig (CP), -m(e)tig (Æ) _‘empty,’ vacant_, _Bl, Æ_: _unoccupied, without employment_, _Æ_: _unmarried_, _CP_.
ǣmettigian = ǣmtian
ǣminde n. _forgetfulness_, #Lcd# 1·384´.
ǣmōd _dismayed, disheartened_, Æ, AO.
ǣmt- = ǣmett-
±ǣmtian _to ‘empty,’_ _Æ_: _to be at leisure, have time for_, Æ, CP.
ǣmtignes f. _emptiness_, GD 35^17.
ǣmūða m. ‘_cæcum intestinum_,’ WW 160^11.
ǣmynde = ǣminde
ǣmyrce _excellent_, WW 393^38.
ǣmyrie = ǣmerge
ǣmytte = ǣmette
ǣn == ān
+æn- = +en-
ænbrece = unbrece
ænd- = end-
ǣne (āne) _once, at some time_, _Æ, B_: _at any time_: _at once_. [‘ene’]
æned = ened
ǣnes adv. _once_.
ǣnetre = ānwintre
ǣnett, ǣnetnes = ānet [[under “ānett”]]
ǣnga = ānga
ǣngancundes _in a unique way_? (BT), #Lcd# 162b.
ænge = enge
ængel = engel
Ænglisc = Englisc
ænid = ened
ǣnig adj. pron. and sb. _‘any,’ any one_, _Mk, Jn_. ǣnige ðinga _somehow, anyhow_. [ān]
ǣnigge = ānēage
ǣnigmon _any one, some one_, NG.
ǣniht = āwuht
ǣninga = ānunga
ænlǣnan = onlǣnan
ǣnlefan = endlufon [[under “endleofan”]]
ǣnlēp- = ānlēp-
ǣnlic _one_, _‘only,’ singular, solitary_, _Ps_; Lk: _unique, glorious, noble, splendid, excellent_, _Bo_; Æ, AO. adv. -līce.
ǣnlīpig (Æ) = ānlīpig [[under “ānlīpe”]]
ǣnne (AO, CP) v. ān.
ǣnote _useless_, LL 254[3,34].
ǣnrǣdnis = ānrǣdnes
ǣnyge = ānēage
ǣnytte = ǣnette [[form of “ǣnett”?]]
æpl == æppel
æpled = æppled
æppel m. (nap. æpplas, rarely ap(p)la, æppla) _any kind of fruit, fruit in general_: ‘_apple_,’ _CP, Gen_: _apple of the eye, ball, anything round_, _Bo, CP, Sol_.
æppelbǣre † _fruit-bearing_: _apple-bearing_.
æppelbearu m. _orchard_, #PPs# 78^2.
æppelberende _apple-bearing_, DR 98^16.
æppelcynn n. _kind of apple_, #Lcd# 67a.
æppelcyrnel n. _apple pip_, WW 440^23.
æppelfæt n. _apple-vessel_, ZDA 31·15^401.
æppelfealu _apple-yellow, bay_, B 2165.
æppelhūs n. _fruit storehouse_, WW.
æppelscealu f. _apple-core_, WW 371^1.
æppelscrēad n. (only in pl.) _apple-parings_, WW 118^1.
æppeltrēow n. ‘_apple-tree_,’ _WW_.
æppeltūn m. _apple or fruit garden, orchard_, Æ, CP.
æppelðorn m. _crab-apple tree_, BC 3·93´.
æppelwīn n. _cider_, WW 430^9.
æppled † _shaped like an apple, round, embossed_, _El_. [‘_appled_’]
æppul- = apul-
æps == æsp, æbs
æpsen _shameless_, OEG 7^301.
æpsenes f. _disgrace_.
ǣr I. adv. comp. ǣror; sup. ǣrost, ǣr(e)st _‘ere,’ before that, soon, formerly, beforehand, previously, already, lately, till_; (comp.) _sooner, earlier_; (sup.) _just now, first of all_, _OET, Jn, El_: _early, prematurely_, _Gu, Mk_. on ǣr; ǣr ðissum _previously, formerly, beforehand_, _CP_. tō ǣr _too soon_. ǣr oððe æfter _sooner or later_. hwonne ǣr _how soon? when?_ hwēne ǣr _just before_. on ealne ǣrne mergen _very early in the morning_. ne ǣr ne siððan _neither sooner nor later_. ǣr and sið _at all times_. II. conj. _‘ere,’ before that, until_, Æ, AO, CP. ǣr ðam(ðe) _before_, _B_. III. prep. (w. d.) _before_. IV. adj. only in comp. and sup. (ǣrra, ǣrest) q.v. V. f. = ār f. VI. n. = ār n.
ǣr- = I. _early, former_. II. intensitive prefix.
ǣra I. m. _scraper, strigil_, #Gl#. II. = ǣrra
ǣrǣt m. _excessive_ (or _too early_?) _eating_.
ærbe- = yrfe-, ierfe-
ǣrbeðoht _premeditated_.
ǣrboren _earlier born, first-born_ (or ? two words), #Gen# 973.
ærc = earc
ærce == arce
ǣrcwide m. _prophecy_? #Mod# 4.
ǣrdǣd f. _former deed_.
ǣrdæg m. (nap. ǣrdagas) _early day, early morn, dawn_: in pl. _former days, past times_, AO.
ǣrdēað m. _premature death_, #Ex# 539.
ærdian = eardian
ærdon = ærndon? from ærnan (Grein), #Ma# 191.
ærdung = eardung
ǣre I. = ȳre. II. in comp. = _-oared_.
ǣrēafe (= ǣ^2) _detected_, TC 230^16.
ǣreldo ‘_anteritus_,’ WW 347^12.
ǣren _made of brass, brazen_, Æ, AO, CP: _tinkling_? [ār; cp. _Ger._ ehern]
ǣrendbōc f. _message, letter_.
ǣrenddraca (AO, CP) = ǣrendraca
ǣrende n. _‘errand,’ message_, _BH, Gu_; AO: _mission_, _An, Chr_: _answer, news, tidings_, Æ.
ǣrendfæst _commissioned with an errand_, ÆL 26^221.
ǣrendgāst m. _angel_, #Gen# 2296.
ǣrendgewrit n. _written message, letter_, Æ, CP.
±ǣrendian _to go on an errand, carry a message, send word to_, CP: _intercede_, _BH_; Æ: (+)_speed, succeed_, W 238^9. [‘_ernde_’]
ǣrendraca m. _messenger, apostle, ambassador, angel_, Æ, AO: _representative, substitute, proxy_, BH 276^19.
ǣrendscip n. _skiff, small boat_.
ǣrendsecg m. _messenger_, #Gen# 658.
ǣrendsprǣc f. _message_, #Rd# 61^15.
ǣrendung f. _errand_: _errand-going_, _RB_. [‘_ernding_’]
ǣrend-wraca (AO) -wreca, (CP) = ǣrendraca
ǣrendwrit = ǣrendgewrit
ǣrenscip = ǣrendscip
ǣrer = ǣror
ǣrest I. adv. and superl. adj. _first, at first, before all_, Æ, CP. ðā, ðonne, siððan ǣ. _as soon as_. ǣ. ðinga _first of all_. II. = ǣrist
ǣrfæder m. _forefather_, B 2622.
ǣrfæst == ārfæst
ærfe == ierfe, yrfe
ǣrgedōn _done before_, CP.
ǣrgefremed _before committed_.
ǣrgelēred _previously instructed_, MtL 14^8.
ǣrgenemned, -gesæd = ǣrnemned
ǣrgestrēon † n. _ancient treasure_.
ǣrgeweorc † n. _ancient work, work of olden times_.
ǣrgewinn n. _former strife or trouble, old warfare_, #Cross# 19.
ǣrgewyrht † n. _former work, deed of old_.
ǣrglæd _very bright_, #Ex# 293.
ǣrgōd † _good from old times_?, _very good_.
ǣrhwīlum † _erewhile, formerly_.
ærian = erian
ærig (OET) = earh
ǣriht † n. _code of law or faith_.
ǣring f. _day-break, early morning_ (A).
ǣrisc = ēarisc
ǣrist I. (ē) mfn. _rising_, _VPs_: _resurrection, awakening_, _Jn_; CP. [‘_arist_’] II. = ǣrest
ǣrlēof? _very dear_, OEG 56^296.
ǣrlēst = ārlēast
ǣrlic(ā) adj.; -līce adv. ‘_early_,’ _Jn_.
ǣrlyft f. _early morning air_, WW 415^13.
ærm = earm
ǣrmorgen (a^1, a^2, e^2) m. _early morning, dawn, day-break_.
ǣrmorgenlic _of early morning_, DR.
ærn n. _dwelling, habitation, house, building, closet_.
ǣrn = ǣren
ærnan _to ‘run,’ ride, gallop_, _BH_: (+) _to ride, run to, reach, gain by running or riding_, _AO_: = +iernan
ærndian = ærendian [[headword spelled “ǣrendian”]]
ǣrne-mergen, -merigen (Æ) = ǣrmorgen
ǣrnemergenlic _matutinal_, CM 277.
ǣrnemned _aforementioned_.
ærneweg m. _road for riding on, race-course_. [iernan]
ærnian = earnian
ærning f. _‘running,’ riding, racing_, _Bo, GD_: _flow of blood_, _MtL_ 9^20. (iorn-)
ærnð = ernð
ærnðegen (?) m. _house-officer_, #Gl#.
ærnung = earnung
ǣron = ǣrran [[form of “ǣrra”]]
ǣror I. adv. _earlier, before, beforehand, formerly_, Æ, AO: _rather_. II. prep. (w. d.) _before_.
ǣrost = ǣrest
ǣrra m. ǣrre fn. adj. _earlier, former_, _Bo, El_; CP. on ǣrran dæg _the day before yesterday_. [‘_ere_,’ ‘_erer_’]
ǣrror = ǣror
ærs = ears
ǣrsceaft ‡ f. _old work, ancient building_.
ærschen, ærshen = erschen
ǣrst = ǣrest
ǣrstæf = ārstæf
ǣr-ðam, -ðon, -ðamðe v. ǣr.
ærð- = yrð-
ǣrwacol _early awake_, Æ.
+ærwe _depraved, wicked_, #EPs# 100^4.
ǣrwela m. _ancient wealth_, B 2747.
ǣrworuld f. _ancient world_, #Cr# 937.
ǣrynd = ǣrend [[headword spelled “ǣrende”]]
ǣryr = ǣror
ǣryst I. = ǣrist. II. = ǣrest
ǣs n. _food, meat, carrion_: _bait_. [_OHG._ ās]
æsc I. m. nap. ascas _‘ash’-tree_, _Gl, KC_; Mdf: _name of the rune for =æ=_: (†) _spear, lance_: _ship_, Æ. II. = æcs
ǣscære _unshorn, untrimmed_. [scieran]
ǣscan _to demand (legally)_, LL 177´.
ǣscapo (WW 273^36) = ǣsceapa
æscberend † m., -bora † m. _spear-bearer, soldier_.
æscberende _spear-bearing_, #Gen# 2041.
æsce = asce
ǣsce f. _asking, inquiry, search_, _LL_: _claim (to insurance money for theft of cattle)_, LL 175^2. [‘_ask_’ sb.]
ǣsceap (ē^1) n. _remnant, patch_.
æsceda fpl. _refuse_? WW 148^33.
æscegeswāp n. _cinders, ashes_, TC 318^33.
æscen I. fm. _vessel of ash-wood, bucket, pail, bottle, cup_. II. adj. _made of ash-wood, ashen_, #Lcd#.
æscfealu _ashy-hued_, WW 204^23.
æscgræg _ashy gray_, WW 204^24.
æschere m. _naval force_, #Ma# 69.
æscholt † n. _spear of ash-wood, spear-shaft, lance_ (v. also Mdf).
ǣscian = ācsian [[under “āscian”]]
æscmann m. _ship-man, sailor, pirate_. [æsc]
æscplega m. _play of spears, battle_, #Jud# 217.
æscrind f. _bark of the ash-tree_, #Lcd#.
æscrōf † _brave in battle_.
æscstede m. _place of battle_, #Mod# 17; Mdf.
æscstederōd f. _cross marking a battlefield_? Ct (BT).
æsctīr m. _glory in war_, #Gen# 2069.
æscðracu f. _battle_, #Gen# 2153.
æsc-ðrote, -ðrotu f. _a plant, ferula_? _vervain_?
ǣsmæl _smallness of the eye_, #Lcd#.
ǣsmogu np. _slough (of snake)_ #Lcd# 88a. [ā-smūgan]
æscwert = æscwyrt
æscwiga † m. _(spear-) warrior_.
æscwlanc † _brave_.
æscwyrt f. _verbena, vervain_.
ǣscyldian ‘_delinquere_,’ #PPs#.
ǣsellend (y^2) m. _lawgiver_.
æsil = hæsel
æslitend m. _law-breaker_, #LPs#.
æsne- = esne-
æsp = æspe I.
æspe I. f. _aspen-tree, white poplar_, #Gl#; Mdf. [‘_asp_^1’] II. = æbs
æspen adj. _aspen_.
ǣspreng, ǣspring(e) = ǣspryng
æsprind (ps) f. _aspen, bark_, _Lcd_. [‘_asp_’]
ǣspringnes = āsprungenes [[headword spelled “āsprungennes”]]
ǣspryng nf. _spring, fountain_, CP. [ēa]: _departure_, #Creat# 77.
ǣst I. = ǣrest. II. = ēst
ǣstǣnan = āstǣnan
ǣstan = ēastan
æstel m. _book-marker_, CP 9. [_L._ hastula]
æsul = esol
ǣswǣpe sbpl. _sweepings, rubbish_.
ǣswic m. _offence, stumbling-block, infamy, seduction, deceit_.
ǣswica, ǣswicend m. _offender, deceiver, hypocrite, traitor_.
ǣswice m. _violation of God’s laws_ (or? _adultery_), W 164^3.