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ǽ

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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Grammar
ǽ, ǽ(w); g. d. ac. ǽ, ǽe, ǽwe (g. ǽs in N. Gospels); g. pl. ǽa; f. and n.
Wright's OE grammar
§134; §266; §390; §565;
Add:
    (? in Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 17).
law, &c.
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  • Ðis is seó ǽ (

    lex

    ) ðe Moises foresette,
      Deut. 4, 44: Past. 5, 25.

  • Ðætte ǽnigum folce his ǽgenu ǽ gelícade tó healdenne,

      Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 19.

  • Æew Dryhtnes,

      Ps. Srt. 18, 8.

  • Ðǽre ǽ (ǽs,

      L.) láréow, Mt. 22, 35.

  • Ǽwe

    juris,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 18.

  • Ðǽre ealdan ǽwe

    veteris legis,

      An. Ox. 40, 20.

  • Ðæt hé of ðǽre ǽwe ne cerre,

      Past. 175, 5: 181, 1: 439, 30.

  • Aee

    legem,

      Ps. Srt. 26, 11.

  • Ǽa

    legum,

      Germ. 388, 16.

  • Ǽwum

    cerimoniis,

      Hpt. xxxiii. 239, 26.
matrimony
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  • Se hálga wer ðǽre wíflufan wordum stýrde unryhtre ǽ,

      Jul. 297.

  • Lufiað eówere wíf on ǽwe . . . and healdað eówere ǽwe,

      Hml. Th. ii. 322, 26.

  • Wíf ðæt him mid rihtre ǽ (rihtum ǽwe,

    v. l.

    ) forgifen sí,
      Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 17.

  • Be ðám ðe ǽwe brecað

    de eo qui adulterat,

      Ll. Th. ii. 180, 12.

  • Ic lǽrde weras ðæt hí heora ǽwe heóldon,

      Hml. Th. i. 378, 25: ii. 222, 18.
  • See also ǽw in Dict.,,
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ǽ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/37545.

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