Old English · noun
æ
Normalised ǣ
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- IPA
- /æː/
- Syllables
- æː (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- lawritebyrhtfercalledtwenty-fourthversion
æ1 · letter
Senses
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The twenty-fourth and last letter of the Old English alphabet (Byrhtferð's (1011) version), called æsċ (“ash tree”) and written in the Latin script.
æ2 · noun · feminine
Senses
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law
Þis syndon þā dōmas ðe Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, asetton. Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, ēcton þā ǣ, þā ðe heora aldoras ǣr ġeworhten, ðyssum dōmum þe hȳr efter sæġeþ.
These are the laws that Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, laid down. Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, added these laws listed hereafter to the laws their ancestors created.
Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric -
marriage
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rite
Declension
æ3 · noun · feminine · alternative form
Senses
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alternative form of ēa: river, running water
All forms (3)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *aiwi. Cognate with Old Frisian and Old High German ēwa ~ ē, Old Saxon ēo.
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