"æ" meaning in Old English

See æ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

IPA: /æː/ Forms: ǣ [canonical], Æ [uppercase]
Head templates: {{head|ang|letter|upper case|Æ|head=ǣ}} ǣ (upper case Æ)
  1. letter of the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) alphabet, listed in 24th and final position by Byrhtferð (1011); Called æsc (“ash tree”) after the Anglo-Saxon ᚫ rune Tags: letter Categories (topical): Water Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-æ-ang-character-jlW80xtm Disambiguation of Water: 60 15 2 2 22 Disambiguation of Landforms: 78 3 3 3 14 Categories (other): Pages with raw sortkeys, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 7 5 2 6 0 3 3 3 3 15 1 0 2 1 5 11 6 16 2 10 2 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 98 1 0 0 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /æː/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *aiwi. Cognate with Old Frisian and Old High German ēwa ~ ē, Old Saxon ēo. Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*h₂ey-|id=life}}, {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*aiw|*aiwi|id=law}} Proto-West Germanic *aiwi, {{cog|goh|ēwa}} Old High German ēwa, {{m|goh|ē}} ē, {{cog|osx|ēo}} Old Saxon ēo Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=ǣ|sort=}} ǣ f, {{ang-noun|f|head=ǣ}} ǣ f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun|ǣ|ǣ|ǣ|ǣ|ǣ|ǣwa|ǣ|ǣwum}} Forms: ǣ [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], ǣ [nominative, singular], ǣ [nominative, plural], ǣ [accusative, singular], ǣ [accusative, plural], ǣ [genitive, singular], ǣwa [genitive, plural], ǣ [dative, singular], ǣwum [dative, plural]
  1. law
    Sense id: en-æ-ang-noun-jx90rfZY
  2. marriage
    Sense id: en-æ-ang-noun-z5KdBqTm
  3. rite
    Sense id: en-æ-ang-noun-0uWegYCa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ǣw, eaw, eau, eu, a, ǣwe Derived forms: ǣbōc, ǣwbryċe, ǣwlīċ, ǣwnian, tungolǣ
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /æː/ Forms: ǣ [canonical, feminine]
Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=ǣ|sort=}} ǣ f, {{ang-noun|f|head=ǣ}} ǣ f
  1. Alternative form of ēa: river, running water Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ēa (extra: river, running water)
    Sense id: en-æ-ang-noun-Vnwu6YDc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of ēa: river, running water"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ēa",
          "ea#Old English"
        ],
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "run",
          "run"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/æː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "æ"
}

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