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ā, adv. (Goth, áiv, acc. from aiv-s aevum), ever, always, 455, 882, 931, 1479: ā syððan, ever afterwards, ever, ever after, 283, 2921.—ever, 780.—Comp. nā.
ād st. m. funeral pile: acc. sg. ād, 3139; dat. sg. āde, 1111, 1115.
ād-faru, st. f., way to the funeral pile, dat. sg. on ād-fære, 3011.
ādl, st. f. sickness, 1737, 1764, 1849.
āð, st. m., oath in general, 2740; oath of allegiance, 472 (?); oath of reconciliation of two warring peoples, 1098, 1108.
āð-sweord, st. n., the solemn taking of an oath, the swearing of an oath: nom. pl., 2065. See sweord.
āðum-swerian, m. pl., son-in-law and father-in-law: dat. pl., 84.
āgan, verb, pret. and pres., to have, to possess, w. acc.: III. prs. sg. āh, 1728; inf. āgan, 1089; prt. āhte, 487, 522, 533; with object, geweald, to be supplied, 31. Form contracted with the negative: prs. sg. I. nāh hwā sweord wege (I have no one to wield the sword), 2253.
āgen, adj., own, peculiar, 2677.
āgend (prs. part. of āgan), possessor, owner, lord: gen. sg. āgendes, of God, 3076.—Compounds: blǣd-, bold-, folc-, mægen-āgend.
āgend-frēa, w. m., owner, lord: gen. sg. āgend-frēan, 1884.
āhsian, ge-āhsian, w. v.: 1) to examine, to find out by inquiring: pret. part. ge-āhsod, 433.—2) to experience, to endure: pret. āhsode, 1207; pl. āhsodon, 423.
āht, st. n. (contracted from ā-wiht, which see), something, anything: āht cwices, 2315.
ān, num. The meaning of this word betrays its apparent demonstrative character: 1) this, that, 2411, of the hall in the earth mentioned before; similarly, 100 (of Grendel; already mentioned), cf. also 2775.—2) one, a particular one among many, a single one, in numerical sense: ymb āne niht (the next night), 135; þurh ānes cræft, 700; þāra ānum, 1038; ān æfter ānum, one for the other (Hrēðel for Herebeald), 2462: similarly, ān æfter eallum, 2269; ānes hwæt, some single thing, a part, 3011; se ān lēoda duguðe, the one of the heroes of the people, 2238; ānes willan, for the sake of a single one, 3078, etc.—Hence, again, 3) alone, distinguished, 1459, 1886.—4) a, in the sense of an indefinite article: ān... fēond, 100; gen. sg. ānre bēne (or to No.2[?]), 428; ān... draca, 2211—5) gen. pl. ānra, in connection with a pronoun, single; ānra gehwylces, every single one, 733; ānra gehwylcum, 785. Similarly, the dat. pl. in this sense: nemne fēaum ānum, except a few single ones, 1082.—6) solus, alone: in the strong form, 1378, 2965; in the weak form, 145, 425, 431, 889, etc.; with the gen., āna Gēata duguðe, alone of the warriors of the Gēatas, 2658.—7) solitarius, alone, lonely, see ǣn.—Comp. nān.
ān-feald, adj., simple, plain, without reserve: acc. sg. ānfealdne geþōht, simple opinion, 256.
ān-genga, -gengea, w. m., he who goes alone, of Grendel, 165, 449.
ān-haga, w. m., he who stands alone, solitarius, 2369.
ān-hȳdig, adj. (like the O.N. ein-rād-r, of one resolve, i.e. of firm resolve), of one opinion, i.e. firm, brave, decided, 2668.
ānga, adj. (only in the weak form), single, only: acc. sg. āngan dōhtor, 375, 2998; āngan eaferan, 1548; dat. sg. āngan brēðer, 1263.
ān-pæð, st. m., lonely way, path: acc. pl. ānpaðas, 1411.
ān-rǣd, adj. (cf. under ān-hȳdig), of firm resolution, resolved, 1530, 1576.
ān-tīd, st. f., one time, i.e. the same time, ymb ān-tīd ōðres dōgores, about the same time the second day (they sailed twenty-four hours), 219.—ān stands as in ān-mod, O.H.G. ein-muoti, harmonious, of the same disposition.
ānunga, adv., throughout, entirely, wholly, 635.
ār, st. m., ambassador, messenger, 336, 2784.
ār, st. f., 1) honor, dignity: ārum healdan, to hold in honor, 296; similarly, 1100, 1183.—2) favor, grace, support: acc. sg. āre, 1273, 2607; dat. sg. āre, 2379; gen. pl. hwæt... ārna, 1188.—Comp. worold-ār; also written ǣr.
ār-fæst, adj., honorable, upright, 1169; of Hunferð (with reference to 588). See fæst.
ārian, w. v., (to be gracious), to spare: III. sg. prs. w. dat. nǣnegum ārað; of Grendel, 599.
ār-stæf, st. m.,(elementum honoris), grace, favor: dat. pl. mid ārstafum, 317.—Help, support: dat. pl. for ār-stafum, to the assistance, 382, 458. See stæf.
āter-tēar, m., poisonous drop: dat. pl. īren āter-tēarum fāh (steel which is dipped in poison or in poisonous sap of plants), 1460.