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ǽbylga [] m (-n/-n) anger

ǽbylgan¹ [] wv/t1b to exasperate, offend, make angry

ǽbylgnes [] f (-se/-sa) anger, offence

ǽbylgð [] f (-e/-a) anger, an offence, fault, scandal, wrong, wrath, indignation

ǽbylgðu [] f (-e/-a) anger, an offence, fault, scandal, wrong, wrath, indignation

ǽbylignes [] f (-se/-sa) indignation, wrath

ǽcan [] wv/t1b to eke

æcced [] n (-es/-) vinegar

ǽce [] adj eternal

æced [] n (-es/-) vinegar

æcedfæt [] n (-es/-fatu) vinegar-vessel, acid-bath

æcedwín [] m (-es/-as) acid-wine

æcelma [] m (-n/-n) chilblain

ǽcelmehte [] adj having chilblains

ǽcen [] 1. adj a wood of oaks; 2. adj oaken; 3. see éacen, ptp éacan

æcer [] m (-es/-as) field, cultivated land, what is sown; a certain quantity of land, strip of plough-land, acre (4840 square yards); crop

æcerceorl [] m (-es/-as) rustic, ploughman, field-churl, armer

æcerhege [] m (-es/-as) hedge of a field

æcermǽlum [] adv by acres

æcermann [] m (-es/-menn) farmer, field-man

æcern [] n (-es/-) nut, mast of trees, the corn or fruit of an oak; acorn

æcernspranca [] m (-n/-n) oak sapling?

æcersǽd [] n (-es/-) seed enough for an acre?

æcersplott [] m (-es/-as) an acre

æcerspranca [] m (-n/-n) young shoots springing up from acorns, saplings, the holm oak, scarlet oak

æcertéoðung [] f (-e/-a) tithe of the produce of the soil

æcertýning [] f (-e/-a) fencing

æcerweg [] m (-es/-as) a field-road

æcerweorc [] n (-es/-) field-work

ǽcin [] ? (-?/-?) a kind of law?; a tablet of the law

ǽcnósle [] adj degenerate, not noble; ge~iende degenerating

ǽcræft² [] m (-es/-as) knowledge of law or ordinances, religion, law-craft and its results

ǽcræftig [] adj learned in the law; noun lawyer, scribe, Pharisee

æcs [] f (-e/-a) axe, pickaxe, hatchet

ǽcyrf [] m (-es/-as) that which is cut off, a fragment, piece, (wood) choppings

æd- [] verb prefix see ed-; anew, again

ǽdre [] 1. f (-an/-an) artery, vein, pulse, nerve, sinew, a channel for liquids; pl veins; kidneys; runlet of water, fountain, spring, stream; 2. adv at once, directly, instantly, forthwith, quickly;² fully, entirely [OS ádro]

ǽdregeard [] n (-es/-) the enclosure of arteries, the body

ǽdreseax [] n (-es/-) lancet, vein-knife

ǽdreweg [] m (-es/-as) a drain way, vein, artery

ǽdsceaft [] f (-e/-a) regeneration, new creation

Ædwines clif [] n (-es/-cliofu) Edwin’s cliff

ædwít [] n (-es/-) reproach

ædwítan [] sv/t1 3^rd pres ædwíteð past ædwát/ædwiton ptp ædwiten to reproach

æfdýne [] m (-es/-as) declivity

ǽfelle [] adj without skin, peeled, skinned, barked

ǽfen [] m (-es/-as), n (-es/-) even, evening, eventide; eve; tó ~es till evening

ǽfencollatio [] f? (-nis/-?) the collatio read before compline

ǽfendréam [] m (-es/-as) even song

ǽfengebed [] n (-es/-gebeodu) evening service, evening prayer

ǽfengereord [] n (-es/-u) evening meal, supper (often used in pl of one meal)

ǽfengereordian [] wv/t2 to sup, give supper to, take supper

ǽfengereordung [] f (-e/-a) supper

ǽfengeweorc [] n (-es/-u) evening work

ǽfengiefl [] n (-es/-) evening repast, evening food, supper

ǽfengiefl [] n (-es/-) evening repast, evening food, supper

ǽfenglóm [] m (-es/-as) gloaming, twilight, evening gloom

ǽfenglóma [] m (-n/-n) gloaming, twilight, evening gloom

ǽfenglómung [] f (-e/-a) gloaming, twilight

ǽfengrom [] adj fierce at eve, fierce in the evening

ǽfenhlytta [] m (-n/-n) fellow, consort, companion or mate

ǽfenhrepsung [] f (-e/-a) the evening close

ǽfenlác [] n (-es/-) evening sacrifice, evening prayer

æfenlǽcan [] wv/t1b to match

ǽfenlǽcan [] wv/t1b 3^rd pres ǽfenlǽceð past ǽfenlǽhte ptp ǽfenlǽht to grow towards evening

æfenlǽcend [] m (-es/-) imitator

ǽfenléoht [] n (-es/-) evening light

ǽfenléoð² [] n (-es/-) evening song

ǽfenlic [] adj of the evening, vespertine; adv ǽfenlíce

ǽfenlof [] n (-es/-u) lauds (service)

ǽfenmete [] m (-es/-mettas) supper, evening meat

ǽfenoffrung [] f (-e/-a) evening sacrifice

ǽfenrǽding [] f (-e/-a) reading (during the evening meal at a monastery), collatio

ǽfenrepsung [] f (-e/-a) nightfall

ǽfenrest [] f (-e/-a) evening rest

ǽfenrima [] m (-n/-n) twilight

ǽfensang [] m (-es/-as) evensong, vespers

ǽfensceop [] m (-es/-as) evening singer, bard [from scop]

ǽfenscíma [] m (-n/-n) evening splendor

ǽfensprǽc [] f (-e/-a) evening talk, evening speech

ǽfensteorra [] m (-n/-n) the evening star, Hesperus

ǽfentíd [] f (-e/-e) eventide, evening

ǽfentíma [] m (-n/-n) eventide, evening time

ǽfentungol [] n (-tungles/-) the evening star, Hesperus

ǽfenþénung [] f (-e/-a) evening service or duty; evening repast, supper

ǽfenþéowdóm [] m (-es/-as) evening service or office

ǽferðe [] f (-an/-an) name of a plant

ǽfesian [] wv/t2 to shear

æfesn [] f (-e/-a) relish, dainty, special pasturage, pannage; the charge for special pasturage, the charge for pigs going into the wood to fatten on acorn

æfesen [] f (-e/-a) relish, dainty, special pasturage, pannage; the charge for special pasturage, the charge for pigs going into the wood to fatten on acorn

æfest [av·est] m (-es/-as), f (-e/-a) envy, hatred, malice, spite, enmity; zeal, rivalry, emulation

æfestful [av·est·ful] adj full of envy

æfestian¹ [av·est·yan] wv/t2 to be or become envious, to envy, be envious of or at

æfestigian¹ [] wv/t2 to be or become envious, to envy, be envious of or at

æfestig [av·es·ty] adj envious, emulous, jealous; zealous

æfestlíce [av·est] adv religiously

æfestnes [av·est·nes] f (-se/-sa) envy, spite

Æffric [] 1. adj African; 2. ~a m (-n/-n) African

æfgælð [] f (-e/-a) superstition

æfgeréfa [] m (-n/-n) exactor

æfgrynde [] n (-es/-u) abyss

æfian [] wv/i2 to be in a miserable condition

æflást [] m (-es/-as) a wandering from the way?

æfnan¹ [] wv/t1b 3^rd pres æfneð past æfnde ptp geæfned to carry out, do, perform, execute, labor, show, fulfill; cause; endure, suffer; ge~ to hold, sustain

æfne [] interj behold!; variant of efne

ǽfnian¹ [] wv/t2 3^rd pres ǽfnað past ǽfnode ptp geǽfnod to grow towards evening

ǽfnung [] f (-e/-a) evening, sunset

ǽfre [] adv ever, at any time; always, constantly, perpetually; henceforth; ne ~, ~ ne never (see nǽfre); ~ tó alder for ever; ~ ǽlc, ~ ǽnig any at all

æfreda [] m (-n/-n) what is taken or separated from

ǽfrelíce [] adv in perpetuity

ǽfremmende [æ·frem·men·de] adj pious, religious, fulfilling the law

æfsecgan [] wv/t3 to confute

ǽfstian [] wv/t2 3^rd pres ǽfstað past ǽfstode ptp ǽfstod to hasten

æfstig [] adj envious, emulous

æfsweorc [] m (-es/-as) pasturage

æft [] adv aft, behind; astern, afterwards, again

æftan [] adv from behind, behind, in the rear

æftanweard [] adj behind, in the rear, following, coming after

æftbeteht [] adj reassigned

æftemest [] adj last, hindmost, aftermost

æftentíd [] f (-e/-e) evening, eventide

æfter [] 1. prep w.d.i. (local and temporal) after, along, behind; extension through space or time along, through, throughout, during; mode or manner (causal) following, in consequence of, according to, for the purpose of, by means of; (object) after, about, in pursuit of, for; w.a. after, above, according to; 2. adv after, then, afterwards, thereafter; thereupon, later, back (in return); ~ þon/þæm/þisum, ~ þæm/þon/þan þe afterwards, thereafter; ~ siððan ever afterwards, from thenceforth; ǽr oððe ~ sooner or later

æfterǽ [] f (-/-) the book Deuteronomy

æfterboren [] adj afterborn, posthumous, born after the father’s death

æftercnéoreso [] f (-e/-a) posterity

æftercweðan [] sv/t5 3^rd pres æftercwiðeð past æftercwæð/æftercwǽdon ptp æftercweden to speak after, repeat; revoke, renounce, abjure; æftercweðendra lof praise from posterity

æftercyning [] m (-es/-as) later king

æftereala [] m (-n/-n) after-ale, small beer

æfterealu [] n (-ealoð/-ealoð) small beer

æfterfæce [] adv afterwards, after that

æfterfolgere [] m (-es/-as) follower

æfterfolgian [] wv/t2 to follow after, succeed, pursue

æfterfylgan [] wv/t1b to follow after, succeed, pursue

æfterfylgednes [] f (-se/-sa) sequel

æfterfylgend [] m (-es/-) follower, successor; adv ~líce in succession

æfterfylgendnes [] f (-se/-sa) succession

æfterfylgnes [] f (-se/-sa) a following after, succession, succeeding

æfterfylgung [] f (-e/-a) pursuit; sect; a following after, sequence

æfterfylian [] wv/t2 to follow or come after, to succeed

æftergán [] irreg v/t 3^rd pres æftergǽð past æftereode ptp æftergán to follow after

æftergenga [] m (-n/-n) follower, successor; descendant

æftergengea [] m (-n/-n) follower, successor; descendant

æftergengel [] m (-gengles/-genglas) successor

æftergengnes [] f (-se/-sa) succession; posterity; inferiority; extremity

æftergyld [] n (-es/-) further payment, an after-payment, paying again or in addition

æfterhǽtu [] f (-e/-a) after-heat

æfterhǽða [] m (-n/-n) autumn drought

æfterhyrigan [] wv/t2 to imitate, to follow another’s example, resemble

æfterléan [] n (-es/-) after-loan, reward, recompense, restitution, retribution

æfterlic [] adj second, after

æfteronfónd [] m (-es/-) one about to receive

æfterra [] cmp adj second, following, next, latter, lower, hinder; cmp of æfter

æfterráp [] m (-es/-as) crupper, after-rope

æfterrǽpe [] m (-es/-as) crupper, after-rope

æfterrídan [] sv/t1 3^rd pres æfterrídeð past æfterrád/æfterridon ptp æfterriden to ride after

æfterrówan [] sv/t7 3^rd pres æfterrówð past æfterréow/on ptp is æfterrówen to row after

æfterryne [] m (-es/-as) an encountering, meeting, running against one [occursus]

æftersang [] m (-es/-as) (after-song), matins

æftersanglic [] adj of matins

æftersingallic [] adj of matins

æftersingend [] m (-es/-) after-singer [succentor]

æftersóna [] adv soon, afterwards, again

æftersprǽc [] f (-e/-a) after-claim, after-speech

æftersprecan [] sv/t5 3^rd pres æfterspricð past æfterspræc/æftersprǽcon ptp æftersprecen to claim

æfterspyrian [] wv/t2 to track out, search, inquire into, examine

æfterweard [] adj after, afterward, following, further, behind, in the rear, later; on ~an, on ~um at the end

æfterweardnes [] f (-se/-sa) posterity

æfterwearð béon [] irreg v/i to be away, absent

æfterwriten [] adj written afterwards

æfteryld² [] f (-e/-a) advanced age, old age; after age, later time

æfteryldo² [] f (-e/-a) advanced age, old age; after age, later time

æfteweard [] adv after, back, late, latter, full

æftewearde [] adv behind, after, afterward

æftresta [] spl adj last

æftum [] adv after

æfþanc [] m (-es/-as) insult, offence; grudge, displeasure, anger, envy, zeal

æfþanca [] m (-n/-n) insult, offence; grudge, displeasure, anger, envy, zeal

æfward [] adj absent, distant

æfweard [] adj absent, distant

æfweardnes [] f (-se/-sa) absence, removal, posterity

æfwerdelsa [] m (-n/-n) damage, detriment, loss

æfwerdla [] m (-n/-n) damage, injury, loss, the fine for injury or loss; [vars. æfwyrdla, æwyrdla, awyrdla]

æfwela [] m (-n/-n) decrease of wealth (listed f)

æfwyrdelsa [] m (-n/-n) injury, damage, loss, detriment

æfwyrdla [] m (-n/-n) injury, damage, detriment, loss; fine for injury or loss

æfwyrð [] f (-e/-a) degradation, disgrace

æfwyrðu [] f (-e/-a) degradation, disgrace

ǽfyllende [] adj fulfilling the law, pious, faithful

ǽfyrmða [] f pl sweepings, rubbish, ablutions, the sweepings of a house, the refuse of things or things of no value

ǽg [] n (-es/-ru) egg; ~ru lecgan to lay eggs

ǽg [] 1. f (-e/-a) water, water land, island; 2. ~- noun, adj prefix water-, sea-; ~flota, etc.

ǽg- [] prefix ever, always; used in compound pronouns and adverbs; both ǽg- and á- impart a sense of universality

Ægeles burg [] f (-byrg/-byrg) Aylesbury; [gen sing ~byrg, ~byrig, ~burge; dat sing ~byrg, ~byrig; nom/acc pl ~byrg, byrig; gen pl ~burga; dat pl ~burgum]

Ægeles ford [] m (-a/-a) Ailsford

Ægeles þrep [] m (-es/-as) Aylesthorpe; þorp

ǽgerfelma [] m (-n/-n) egg-skin (listed f)

ǽgergelu [] n (-wes/-) yolk of egg [ǽg, geolu]

ǽgesetnes [] f (-se/-sa) law-giving, the (Old) Testament

ǽgewrítere [] m (-es/-as) writer or composer of laws

ǽgflota [] m (-n/-n) seafarer, sailor, ship, floater on the sea

ǽggemang [] n (-es/-) egg mixture

ǽghwá [] m, f pron (n pron ǽghwæt) each one, every one, everything, who or whatever; n pron ǽghwæt anything, whatever

ǽghwǽr [] adv everywhere, in every direction; in every case, in every respect; anywhere

ǽghwæs [] adv altogether, in every way, entirely, wholly, throughout, in general [gen sing of ǽghwæt]

ǽghwæðer [] 1. pron, adv of two either, both, each; of many every one, each; 2. conj ~ (ge)…ge; ǽgðer…and both…and; as well…as

ǽghwanan [] adv from all parts, everywhere, on every side, in every way, every way, on all sides

ǽghwider [] adv on every side, every way, in all directions; in any direction, anywhere

ǽghwilc [] adj each, every, whosoever, whatsoever, all, every one; any; ~ ánra each; ~ óðer each other; ~es in every way; [á+ge+hwý+lic]

ǽgift [] f (-e/-a) restitution, repayment, legal gift (m?, n?)

ǽgilde [] adv receiving no ‘wergild’ as compensation

Ægiptisc [] adj Egyptian

ǽgléaw [] adj learned in the law

Ægles burg [] f (-byrg/-byrg) Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire; [gen sing ~byrg, ~byrig, ~burge; dat sing ~byrg, ~byrig; nom/acc pl ~byrg, byrig; gen pl ~burga; dat pl ~burgum]

Ægles ford [] m (-a/-a) Aylesford on the Medway near Maidstone, Kent

Ægles þorp [] m (-es/-as) Aylesthorpe, a village near Aylesford, Kent

Ægles wurð [] m (-es/-as) the village of Eylesworth, Northamptonshire

ǽglím [] m (-es/-as) the sticky part or white of egg [lím]

ǽgmore [] f (-an/-an) root of the eye, socket?

ægnan [] noun pl awns, sweepings, chaff

ǽgnian [] see ængian, to oppress?

ægnian [] wv/t2 to frighten, vex; ~ mid yrmðum to frighten with envy

ǽgsciell [] f (-e/-a) eggshell

ǽgweard [] f (-e/-a) sea-ward, sea-guard or guardianship, watch on the shore

ǽgwyrt [] f (-e/-e) dandelion, egg-wort

ǽgylt [] m (-es/-as) sin, offence, a breach or violation of the law, a trespass, fault [ǽw, gylt]

ǽgýpe [] adj without skill or cunning; trifling, worthless [géap]

Ægypte [] f? (-an/-an) Egypt; var of Egypte

ǽhíw [] n (-es/-) pallor

ǽhíwe [] adj pallid; deformed

ǽhíwnes [] f (-se/-sa) pallor, paleness, gloom

ǽhlýp [] m (-es/-as) transgression, breach of the peace/law, assault [see æthlýp]

æht [] 1. f (-e/-a) valuation, estimation, deliberation, council [ágan]; 2. see óht

ǽht [] f (-e/-e?) persecution, hostility [éhtan]

ǽht [] f (-e/-e) (rare in sing.) possessions, property, lands, goods, riches, cattle; possession, power, ownership, control

ǽhtan [] wv/t1b to persecute

ǽhtboren [] adj born in bondage

ǽhteland [] n (-es/-) territory; landed property

ǽhtemann [] m (-es/-menn) farmer, husbandman, plough-man; serf

æhtere [] m (-es/-as) estimator, valuer

ǽhteswán [] m (-es/-as) swineherd who was a chattel on an estate, a cowherd, swineherd, who belongs to the property of his lord

ǽhtgesteald [] n (-es/-) possession

ǽhtgestréon [] n (-es/-) possessions, riches

ǽhtgeweald² [] n (-es/-), m (-es/-as) possession, power, control, the power of the possessor

ǽhtspéd [] f (-e/-e) wealth, riches

ǽhtspédig [] adj rich, wealthy

æhtung [] f (-e/-a) estimation, valuing

ǽhtwela² [] m (-n/-n) wealth, riches

ǽhtwelig [] adj wealthy, rich

æl- [ ] prefix 1. see eal, all; 2. see el-, ele-, foreign

æl [] m (-es/alas) piercer, awl

ǽl [] m (-es/-as) eel

ǽlagol [] adj law-giving

ǽlan¹ [] wv/t1b 3^rd pres ǽlð past ǽlde ptp geǽled to kindle, light, set on fire, burn, bake

ǽláréow [] m (-reowes/-reowas) teacher of the law, Pharisee

ǽlátéow [] m (-teowes/-teowas) legislator

ǽlǽdend [] m (-es/-) legislator, lawgiver

ǽlǽrend [] m (-es/-) teacher of (God’s) law

ǽlǽrende [] adj teaching the law

ǽlǽte [] 1. n (-es/-u) desert place; 2. adj desert; empty; 3. f (-an/-an) divorced woman

ǽlǽten [] 1. adj divorced; see álǽten, past part. of álǽtan; 2. see ǽlǽte 2

ǽlc [] 1. adj any, all, every, each (one); ~...óðrum the one...the other; ~es þinges entirely, in every respect; 2. adj pron each; any [also elc, ealc, ylc]

ælceald [] adj altogether cold, very cold, all cold, most cold

ælcræftig [] adj almighty, all-powerful

ǽlcuht [] n (-es/-) everything

ælcwuht [] n (-es/-) everything

ældan [] wv/t1b to delay, forbear, postpone, conceal

ælding [] f (-e/-a) delay

ældran [] m pl parents

ældru [] f pl parents

ældu [] f (-e/-a) age, old age; an age, century

ǽled² [] m (ǽldes/ǽldas) fire, firebrand, conflagration; ~ weccan to kindle a fire

ǽledfýr [] n (-es/-) flame of fire

ǽledléoma [] m (-n/-n) fire-brand, gleaming fire

ælegrǽdig [] adj greedy [eall-]

ælemidde [] f (-an/-an) exact middle

ǽlenge [] 1. adj long, protracted, lengthy, troublesome, tedious, vexatious; 2. ? (-?/-?) weariness

ǽlengnes [] f (-se/-sa) tediousness

ǽlepúte [] f (-an/-an) eel-pout, burbot

ælere [] m (-es/-as) fleabane?

ælf [] m (-es/ielfe, ylfe), f (-e/ielfe, ylfe) elf, sprite, fairy, goblin, incubus

ælfádl [] f (-e/-a) nightmare, elf-disease

ælfaru [] f (-e/-a) whole army, host

ælfær [] f (-e/-a) whole army, host

ælfcynn [] n (-es/-) elfin race, the elf-kind, the race of elves

ælfen [] f (-e/-a) nymph, spirit, fairy

ælfisc [] adj elvish?

ǽlfisc [] m (-es/-as) eel

ǽlfix [] m (-es/-as) eel

Ælfnoð [] m (-es/-as) Ælfnoth, elf courage

Ælfred [] m (-es/-as) Alfred, the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years, 685-705 AD. He was educated in Ireland for the Church, and was the first literary king of the Anglo-Saxons; [æl all; ald, eald old; fred = frið peace, var of Ælfréd]

Ælfréd [] m (-es/-as) Alfred the Great, born 849 AD, grandson of Egbert, and fourth son of king Ethelwulf, reigned thirty years, 871-901 AD; [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel]

ælfremed [] adj strange, foreign; ge~ estranged; ~ fram free, separated from

ælfremd [] adj strange, foreign; ge~ estranged; ~ fram free, separated from

ælfremedung [] f (-e/-a) alienatio

Ælfríc [] m (-es/-as) 1. Ælfric, of Canterbury, the grammarian, was of noble birth, supposed to be the son of the earl of Kent. He was a scholar of Athelwold, at Abingdon, about 960. When Athelwold was made bishop of Winchester, he took Ælfric with him and made him a priest of his cathedral. Ælfric left Winchester about 988 for Cerne in Dorsetshire, where an abbey was established by Æthelmær. He is said to have been bishop of Wilton, and he was elected archbishop of Canterbury. He died in 1006.; 2. ~ Bata, was the pupil of the preceding Ælfríc, the grammarian.

ælfscíene [] adj bright as an elf or fairy, beautiful like an elf or nymph, of elfin beauty, radiant

ælfscínu [] adj shining like an elf or fairy, elfin-bright, of elfin beauty

ælfsiden [] f (-ne/-na) elfish influence, nightmare, the influence of elves or of evil spirits

ælfsogoða [] m (-n/-n) hiccough (thought to have been caused by elves); jaundice?; a disease ascribed to elvish influence, chiefly by the influence of the castalides, dúnelfen, which were considered to possess those who were suffering under the disease, a case identical with being possessed by the devil, as will appear from the forms of prayers appointed for the cure of the disease.

ælfþone [] f (-an/-an) nightshade

ælfolc [al·folk] n (-es/-) a foreign land; foreigners, a foreign army, an enemy

ælfylce [] n (-es/-u) strange land; foreign band, enemy

ǽlhýd [] f (-e/-e) eel receptacle?, eel-skin?

ǽlic [] adj of the law, belonging to the law, legal, lawful; adv ~líce

ǽlíf [] n (-es/-) eternal life

ælifn [] f (-e/-a) sustenance; alum

ǽling [] f (-e/-a) burning, burning of the mind; ardor

ælmǽst [] adv almost

ælmesæcer [] m (-es/-as) ground of which the yield was given as alms, first-fruits

ælmesbæð [] n (-es/-baðu) gratuitous bath

ælmesdǽd [] f (-e/-e) alms-deed

ælmesdónd [] m (-es/-dénd) alms-giver

ælmesfeoh [] n (-féos/-) alms, alms’ money; Peter’s pence, Rome-scot

ælmesfull [] adj charitable

ælmesgedál [] n (-es/-) distribution of alms

ælmesgeorn [] adj charitable, benevolent, diligent in giving alms

ælmesgiefa [] m (-n/-n) giver of alms

ælmesgiefu [] f (-e/-a) alms, charity

ælmeshand [] f (-a/-a) almsgiving, charitableness

ælmeshláf [] m (-es/-as) dole of bread

ælmeslác [] adj giving of alms

ælmesland [] n (-es/-as) land granted in frankalmoigne

ælmesléoht [] n (-es/-) a light in church provided at the expense of a pious layman

ælmeslic [] adj charitable; depending on alms, poor; adv ~líce charitably

ælmesmann [] m (-es/-menn) almsman, bedesman, beggar

ælmespening [] m (-es/-as) alms-penny

ælmesriht [] n (-es/-) right of receiving alms

ælmesse [] f (-an/-an) alms, almsgiving [L eleémosyna]

ælmesselen [] f (-ne/-na) almsgiving

ælmesweorc [] n (-es/-) alms deed

Ælmhám [] m (-es/-as) Elmham, Norfolk

ælmiht [] adj almighty

ælmihtig [] adj almighty; m (-es/-as) the Almighty (se ~a)

ælmihtignes [] f (-se/-sa) omnipotence

ælmyrca [] m (-n/-n) all sallow, a black man, one entirely black, an Ethiopian

ǽlnett [] n (-es/-) eel net

ælren [] adj of an alder tree

ælsyndrig [] adj separately

æltǽwe [] adj complete, all good, excellent, entire, perfect, healthy, healthful, sound, true, honest; noted; [Goth téwa]; cmp ~re, spl ~est; adv ~líce well, perfectly

ælwiht² [] m (-es/-as) strange creature, monster; in pl, see eallwihta

ǽmelle [] adj insipid; unsavory, without taste

ǽmelnes [] f (-se/-sa) slackness, sloth; weariness, disgust; loathsomeness, weariness, disdain, falsehood, unfaithfulness, false dealing, treason

ǽmen [] adj uninhabited, desolate, desert, unmanned, depopulated

ǽmenne [] adj uninhabited, desolate, desert, unmanned, depopulated

ǽmenne [] ? (-?/-?) solitude

ǽmerge [] f (-an/-an) embers, ashes, dust

ǽmetbed [] n (-es/-) ant-hill

ǽmethwíl [] f (-e/-a) leisure, spare-time, respite

ǽmethyll [] m (-es/-as) ant-hill

ǽmetig [] adj empty, vacant, barren; unoccupied, without employment, free, idle; unmarried

ǽmetla [] m (-n/-n) one at leisure

ǽmetta [] m (-n/-n) leisure, rest, quiet [mót]

ǽmette [] f (-an/-an) emmet, ant

ǽmettig [] adj empty, vacant, barren; unoccupied, without employment; unmarried

ǽmód [] adj dismayed, disheartened; out of mind, mad, dismayed, discouraged

ǽmtian¹ [] wv/t2 to empty; to be at leisure, have time for, be vacant

ǽmtig [] adj empty, vacant, barren; unoccupied, without employment, free, idle; unmarried

ǽmtignes [] f (-se/-sa) emptiness

ǽmúða [] m (-n/-n) [caecum intestinum]

ǽmynd [] f (-e/-a) jealousy

ǽmyrce [] adj excellent, singular; not murky

ǽne [] adv once, once for all, at some time; at any time; at once; once, alone

ǽnes [] adv once

ǽnetlíf [] n (-es/-) solitary life

ǽngancundes [] adv in a unique way?

ǽnig [] adj, pron, noun any, any one; ~e þinga somehow, anyhow; adv only [án]

ǽnigmon [] pron? any one, some one

ǽnlic [] adj one, only, singular, solitary; unique, glorious, noble, splendid, excellent; adv ~líce

ǽnote [] adj useless

æppel [] m (-a/-a) apple, any kind of fruit, fruit in general; apple of the eye, ball, anything round, bolus, pill; [gen. æp(p)les, pl. ap(p)la beside æp(p)las, neut ap(p)lu]

æppelbǽre [] adj fruit-bearing, apple-bearing

æppelbearu [] m (-wes/-was) orchard

æppelberende [] adj apple-bearing

æppelcynn [] n (-es/-) kind of apple

æppelcyrnel [] n (-cyrnles/-) apple-pip, pomegranate

æppelfæt [] n (-es/-fatu) apple-vessel

æppelfealu [] adj apple-yellow, red-yellow, bay, apple-fallow

æppelhús [] n (-es/-) fruit storehouse, apple-house, place for fruit generally

æppelscealu [] f (-e/-a) apple-core

æppelscréada [] n pl apple-parings, apple-shreds

æppeltréow [] m (-treowes/-) apple-tree

æppeltún [] m (-es/-as) fruit garden, orchard

æppelþorn [] m (-es/-as) crab-apple tree

æppelwín [] n (-es/-) cider, apple-wine

æppled² [] adj shaped like an apple, appled, made into the form of apples, made into balls or bosses, round, embossed

æpplian [] wv/t2 to make into the form of apples, to make into balls or bosses

æpsen [] adj shameless?

æpsenes [] f (-se/-sa) shame, disgrace

ǽr [] 1. adv ere, before that, soon, formerly, beforehand, previously, already, lately, till, until, some time ago, just now; [cmp ǽror; spl ǽrost, ǽrest, ǽrst]; cmp ~or sooner, earlier; spl ~ost just now, first of all; early, prematurely; on ~; ~ þissum previously, formerly, beforehand; tó ~ too soon; ~ oððe æfter sooner or later; hwonne ~ how soon?, when?; hwéne ~ just before; on ealne ~ne mergen very early in the morning; ne ~ ne siððan neither sooner nor later; ~ and sið at all times; 2. conj ere, before that, until; ~ þam (þe) before; 3. prep w.d. before; 4. adj early, former, preceding, ancient; only in cmp and spl ~ra, ~est; 5. f see ár f; 6. n see ár n; 7. see éar 2

ǽr- [] prefix early, former, preceding, ancient

ǽra [] 1. m (-n/-n) scraper, strigil; 2. see ǽrra

ǽrádl [] f (-e/-a) early illness

ǽrǽt [] m (-es/-as) overeating, too early eating

ǽrbeþoht [] adj premeditated

ǽrboren [] adj earlier born, first-born

ǽrcwide [] m (-es/-as) prophecy?

ǽrdǽd [] f (-e/-e) former deed, past conduct

ǽrdæg [] m (-es/-dagas) early day, early morn, dawn; pl early days, former days, past times

ǽrdéað [] m (-es/-as) premature death, early death

ǽre [] 1. see ýre; 2. in compounds –oared

ǽréafe [] adj detected

ǽren [] 1. adj made of brass, brazen; tinkling? [Ger ehern]; 2. oar-propelled

ǽrendæg [] m (-es/-dagas) the day before, yesterday; [contraction of on ǽrren dæg a former day]

ǽrendbóc [] f (-béc/-béc) message, letter

ǽrende [] n (-es/-u) errand, message; mission; embassy; answer, news, tidings, business, care

ǽrendfæst [] adj bound on an errand

ǽrendgást [] m (-es/-as) angel, spiritual messenger

ǽrendgewrit [] n (-es/-gewriotu) written message, letter, message or report in writing, epistle, letters mandatory, brief writing, short notes, summary

ǽrendian¹ [] wv/t2 to go on an errand, carry news, carry tidings, carry a message, send word to; intercede; treat for anything; to plead the cause; seek for, obtain; ge~ speed, succeed

ǽrendraca [] m (-n/-n) messenger, apostle, ambassador, angel; representative, substitute, proxy

ǽrendscip [] n (-es/-u) skiff, small boat

ǽrendsecg [] m (-es/-as) messenger, errand-deliverer

ǽrendsecgan [] wv/t3 to deliver a message

ǽrendsprǽc [] f (-e/-a) verbal message

ǽrendung [] f (-e/-a) errand; errand-going; intercession; command

ǽrest [] 1. adv, adj first, erst, at first, before all; þá, þonne, siððan ~ as soon as; ~ þinga first of all; 2. see ǽrist

ǽrfæder [] m (-es/-as) forefather, father

ǽrgéara [] adv heretofore, of old

ǽrgedón [] adj done before

ǽrgefremed [] adj before committed

ǽrgeléred [] adj previously instructed

ǽrgestréon² [] n (-es/-) ancient treasure

ǽrgeweorc² [] n (-es/-) work of olden times, ancient work

ǽrgewinn [] n (-es/-) ancient struggle, former agony, former strife or trouble, old warfare

ǽrgewyrht² [] n (-es/-u) former work, deed of old

ǽrglæd [] adj very glad?; bright in armor; brass-bright, gleaming with brazen arms

ǽrgód² [] adj very good; good from old times, good before others, of prime goodness

ǽrgiestrandæg [] m (-es/-dagas) ere-yesterday, the day before yesterday

ǽrhwílum² [] adj erewhile, formerly

ǽriht² [] n (-es/-) code of law or faith; law-right, law

ǽring [] f (-e/-a) daybreak, early morn, early dawn

ǽrist [] 1. m (-es/-as), f (-e/-a), n (-es/-) rising, rising up; resurrection, awakening; 2. see ǽrist

ǽristhyht [] m (-es/-as), f (-e/-a) hope of resurrection

ǽrlic [] adj early, early in the morning; adv ~líce

ǽrmorgen [] m (-es/-as) dawn, day-break, early morning

ǽrmorgenlic [] adj of early morning

ærn [] n (-es/-) dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, building, store, closet, place, secret place

ærn [] neuter noun suffix a place; e.g. eorðærn earth place or house, the grave

ærnan [] wv/i1b 3^rd pres ærnð past ærnde ptp geærned (strictly causative) to run, ride, gallop; ge~ to ride, run to, reach, gain by running or riding

ǽrnemergenlic [] adj matutinal

ǽrnemned [] adj aforementioned, before-named

ærneweg [] m (-es/-as) road for riding on, running way, way fit for running on, broad road, race-course [iernan]

ærning [] f (-e/-a) running, riding, racing; flow of blood

ærnþegen [] m (-es/-as) house-officer

ǽror [] 1. adv earlier, before, beforehand, formerly; rather; 2. prep w.d. before

ǽrost [] adv first

ǽrra [] m adj earlier, former, preceding; on ~n dæg the day before yesterday

Ǽrra Géola [] m (-n/-n) December, the ere or former Yule month

Ǽrra Líða [] m (-n/-n) June, the ere or former Litha

ǽrre [] f, n adj earlier, former, preceding; on ~n dæg the day before yesterday

ǽrsceaft [] f (-e/-a) ancient building, an old creation, ancient work

ǽrwacol [] adj early awake

ǽrwela [] m (-n/-n) ancient wealth

ǽrworuld [] f (-e/-a) ancient world, former world

ǽs [] n (-es/-) food, meat, carrion, dead carcass; bait [OHG ás]

æsc [] 1. m (-es/-ascas) ash-tree; name of the rune for æ; ² ash-spear, spear, lance; small ship, shiff, a light vessel to sail or row in (because boats were made of ash); 2. see æcs

ǽscǽre [] adj unshorn, untrimmed, neglected; [scieran]

ǽscan [] wv/t1b to demand (legally)

æscbedd [] n (-es/-) an ash-plot

æscberend² [] m (-es/-) spear-bearer, lance-bearer, soldier

ǽsce [] f (-an/-an) asking, inquiry, search, inquisition, examination, trial of or asking after any matter or thing; claim (to insurance money for theft of cattle)

ǽsceap [] n (-es/-u) remnant, patch

æsceda [] m (-n/-n) a farrago, mixture, perfume

æsceda [] f pl refuse

æscegeswáp [] n (-es/-) cinders, ashes

æscen [] 1. f (-e/-a), m (-es/-as) vessel of ash-wood, bucket, pail, bottle, cup; 2. adj made of ash-wood, ashen, ash

Æsces dún [] f (-e/-a) Ashdown, the hill of the ash-tree, on the Ridgeway in Berkshire, where Alfred and his elder brother, king Ethelred, first routed the Danes

æscfaru [] f (-e/-a) apparatus, military expedition

æscfealu [] adj ashy-hued

æscgrǽg [] adj ashy gray

æschere [] m (-es/-as) spear band, company armed with spears, ship or naval force, ship or naval band

æscholt² [] n (-es/-) spear of ash-wood, spear-shaft, lance

æscmann [] m (-es/-menn) ship-man, sailor, pirate; [æsc]

æscplega [] m (-n/-n) play of spears, battle, war

æscrind [] f (-e/-a) bark of the ash-tree, ash-bark

æscróf² [ash·rov] adj brave in battle, spear-famed, distinguished in battle, illustrious, noble