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ǣdre, ēdre, st. f., aqueduct, canal (not in Bēow.), vein (not in Bēow.), stream, violent pouring forth: dat. pl. swāt ǣdrum sprong, the blood sprang in streams, 2967; blōd ēdrum dranc, drank the blood in streams(?), 743.
ǣdre, adv., hastily, directly, immediately, 77, 354, 3107.
ǣðm, st. m., breath, gasp, snort: instr. sg. hreðer ǣðme wēoll, the breast (of the drake) heaved with snorting, 2594.
ǣfen, st. m., evening, 1236.
ǣfen-gram, adj., hostile at evening, night-enemy: nom. sg. m. ǣfen-grom, of Grendel, 2075.
ǣfen-lēoht, st. n., evening-light: nom. sg., 413.
ǣfen-ræst, st. f., evening-rest: acc. sg. -ræste, 647, 1253.
ǣfen-sprǣc, st. f., evening-talk: acc. sg. gemunde...ǣfen-sprǣce, thought about what he had spoken in the evening, 760.
ǣfre, adv., ever, at any time, 70, 280, 504, 693, etc.: in negative sentences, ǣfre ne, never, 2601.—Comp. nǣfre.
ǣg-hwā (O.H.G. ēo-ga-hwër), pron., every, each: dat. sg. ǣghwǣm, 1385. The gen. sg. in adverbial sense, in all, throughout, thoroughly: ǣghwæs untǣle, thoroughly blameless, 1866; ǣghwæs unrīm, entirely innumerable quantity, i.e. an enormous multitude, 2625, 3136.
ǣg-hwæðer (O.H.G. ēo-ga-hwëdar): 1) each (of two): nom. sg. hæfde ǣghwæðer ende gefēred, each of the two (Bēowulf and the drake) had reached the end, 2845; dat. sg. ǣghwæðrum wæs brōga fram ōðrum, to each of the two (Bēowulf and the drake) was fear of the other, 2565; gen. sg. ǣghwæðres... worda and worca, 287.—2) each (of several): dat. sg. heora ǣghwæðrum, 1637.
ǣg-hwǣr, adv., everywhere, 1060.
ǣg-hwilc (O.H.G. ēo-gi-hwëlih), pron., unusquisque, every (one): 1) used as an adj.: acc. sg. m. dǣl ǣghwylcne, 622.—2) as substantive, a) with the partitive genitive: nom. sg. ǣg-hwylc, 9, 2888; dat. sg. ǣghwylcum, 1051. b) without gen.: nom. sg. ǣghwylc, 985, 988; (wæs) ǣghwylc ōðrum trȳwe, each one (of two) true to the other, 1166.
ǣg-weard, st. f., watch on the sea shore: acc. sg. ǣg-wearde, 241.
ǣht (abstract form from āgan, denoting the state of possessing), st. f.: 1) possession, power: acc. sg. on flōdes ǣht, 42; on wæteres ǣht, into the power of the water, 516; on ǣht gehwearf Denigea frēan, passed over into the possession of a Danish master, 1680.—2) property, possessions, goods: acc. pl. ǣhte, 2249.—Comp. māðm-, gold-ǣht.
ǣht (O.H.G. āhta), st. f., pursuit: nom. þā wæs ǣht boden Swēona lēodum, segn Higelāce, then was pursuit offered to the people of the Swēonas, (their) banner to Hygelāc (i.e. the banner of the Swedes, taken during their flight, fell into the hands of Hygelāc), 2958.
ǣled (Old Sax. eld, O.N. edl-r), st. m., fire, 3016.
ǣled-lēoma, w. m., (fire-light), torch: acc. sg. lēoman, 3126. See lēoma.
ǣn (oblique form of ān), num., one: acc. sg. m. þone ǣnne þone..., the one whom..., 1054; oftor micle þonne on ǣnne sīð, much oftener than one time, 1580; forð onsendon ǣnne, sent him forth alone, 46.
ǣne, adv., once: oft nalles ǣne, 3020.
ǣnig, pron., one, any one, 474, 503, 510, 534, etc.: instr. sg. nolde... 0nige þinga, would in no way, not at all, 792; lȳt ǣnig mearn, little did any one sorrow (i.e. no one), 3130.—With the article: næs se folccyning... ǣnig, no people’s king, 2735.—Comp. nǣnig.
ǣn-līc, adj., alone, excellent, distinguished: ǣnlīc ansȳn, distinguished appearance, 251; þēah þe hīo ǣnlīcu sȳ, though she be beautiful, 1942.
ǣr (comparative form, from ā): 1) adv., sooner, before, beforehand, 15, 656, 695, 758, etc., for a long time, 2596; eft swā ǣr, again as formerly, 643; ǣr nē siððan, neither sooner nor later, 719; ǣr and sīð, sooner and later (all times), 2501; nō þȳ ǣr (not so much the sooner), yet not, 755, 1503, 2082, 2161, 2467.—2) conjunct., before, ere: a) with the ind.: ǣr hīo tō setle gēong, 2020. b) w. subjunc.: ǣr gē fyr fēran, before you travel farther, 252; ǣr hē on hwurfe 164, so 677, 2819; ǣr þon dæg cwōme, ere the day break, 732; ǣr correlative to ǣr adv.: ǣr hē feorh seleð, aldor an ōfre, ǣr hē wille..., he will sooner (rather) leave his life upon the shore, before (than) he will..., 1372.—3) prepos. with dat., before ǣr dēaðe, before death, 1389; ǣr dæges hwīle, before daybreak, 2321; ǣr swylt-dæge, before the day of death, 2799.
ǣror, comp. adv., sooner, before-hand, 810; formerly, 2655.
ǣrra, comp. adj., earlier; instr. pl., ǣrran mǣlum, in former times, 908, 2238, 3036.
ǣrest, superl.: 1) adv., first of all, foremost, 6, 617, 1698, etc.—2) as subst. n., relation to, the beginning: acc. þæt ic his ǣrest þē eft gesægde (to tell thee in what relation it stood at first to the coat of mail that has been presented), 2158. See Note.
ǣr-dæg, st. m. (before-day), morning-twilight, gray of morning: dat. sg. mid ǣrdæge, 126; samod ǣrdæge, 1312, 2943.
ǣrende, st. n., errand, trust: acc. sg., 270, 345.
ǣr-fæder, st. m., late father, deceased father: nom sg. swā his ǣrfæder, 2623.
ǣr-gestrēon, st. n., old treasure, possessions dating from old times: acc sg., 1758; gen. sg. swylcra fela ǣrgestrēona, much of such old treasure, 2233. See gestrēon.
ǣr-geweorc, st. n., work dating from old times: nom. sg. enta ǣr-geweorc, the old work of the giants (of the golden sword-hilt from Grendel’s water-hall), 1680. See geweorc.
ǣr-gōd, adj., good since old times, long invested with dignity or advantages: æðeling ǣrgōd, 130; (eorl) ǣrgōd, 1330; īren ǣrgōd (excellent sword), 990, 2587.
ǣr-wela, w. m., old possessions, riches dating from old times: acc. sg. ǣrwelan, 2748. See wela.
ǣs, st. n., carcass, carrion: dat. (instr.) sg. ǣse, of Æschere’s corpse, 1333.
ǣt, st. m., food, meat: dat, sg., hū him æt ǣte spēow, how he fared well at meat, 3027.
ǣttren (see attor), adj., poisonous: wæs þæt blōd tō þæs hāt, ǣttren ellorgāst, se ǣr inne swealt, so hot was the blood, (and) poisonous the demon (Grendel’s mother) who died therein, 1618