ǣled-lēoma, w. m., fire-gleam, torch, 3125.

æl-fylce, st. neut., alien folk, foreign nation, 2371.

æl-mihtig, adj. ( = eal-mihtig), almighty; weak se Ælmihtiga, 92.

æl-wiht, st. f., [alien-wight] strange monster, 1500.

ǣne, adv., once, once only, 3019.

ǣnig, adj.-pron., any, anyone, 474, 503, etc.; nom. næs se folc-cyning ymbe-sittendra ǣnig ðāra þe, “among neighbouring folk-kings there was not one that,” 2734. For ǣnige þinga see þing.

ǣn-līc, adj., [one-like] unique, peerless, 251, 1941.

ǣnne, see ān.

æppel-fealu, adj., apple-fallow, apple or reddish yellow, 2165.

ǣr, adv., ERE, erst, before, formerly, 15, 642, 718, 2595, etc.; earlier, 2500; first, 3038. Special passages: nō þȳ ǣr, “none the sooner,” 754, etc.; ǣr hē feorh seleð...ǣr hē, “he will sooner give up life than he,” 1370.

ǣr, prep., with dat., ere, before, 1388, etc.

ǣr, conj., ere, before: usu. with subj. 252, etc.; with indic. 2019. Correl. with ǣr adv. (q. v.), 1371.

ǣr-dæg, st. m., [ere-day] morning twilight, day-break, 126, etc.

ǣrende, st. neut., errand, 270, etc.

ǣrest, see ǣr.

ǣr-fæder, st. m., [ere-father] father, 2622.

ǣr-gestrēon, st. neut., [ere-treasure] ancient treasure, former gain, 1757, 2232.

ǣr-geweorc, st. neut., [ere-work] ancient work, 1679.

ǣr-gōd, adj., [ere-good] good before others, very good, 130, 989, etc.

ærn, st. neut., house, 2225.

ǣrra, compar. adj. (formed from adv. ǣr), earlier, former: dat. pl. ǣrran mǣlum, “in former times,” 907, 2237, 3035.

ǣr-wela, st. m., [ere-weal] ancient wealth, 2747.

ǣs, st. neut., carrion, carcase, corpse: dat. atol ǣse wlanc, “the dire carrion-proud creature (Grendel’s mother exulting over Æschere’s corpse),” 1332.

æsc, st. m., [ash] spear, 1772.

æsc-holt, st. neut., [ash-wood] spear, 330.

æsc-wiga, w. m., [ash-warrior] spear-warrior, 2042.

æt, prep. with dat., at, in, of time and place, 32, 45, 81, 1089, 1110, 1337, 2270, 3013, 3026, etc.; from, 629, 2860, etc. Special passage: nū is se rǣd gelaug eft æt þē ānum, “now is the rede again along of thee alone,” 1377.

ǣt, st. m., eating, meal, 3026.

æt-gæedere, adv., together, 321, etc.; after samod, 387, etc.; gāras stōdon samod ætgædere, “the spears stood all together,” 329.

æt-grǣpe, adj., groping after, grasping at, at grips with, 1269.

æt-rihte, adv., almost, 1657.

æt-somne, adv., together, 2847, 3122, etc.

ættren, adj., poisonous, 1617.

æþele, adj., noble, 198, 263, etc.

æþeling, st. m., atheling, noble, prince, 3, 33, 118, 888, 1225, 1294, 1804, 2888, etc.

æþelu, st. neut. (always pl. in “Beowulf”), noble descent, lineage, 332, etc.; dat. pl. fæder æþelum, “his father’s preeminence,” 911; æþelum gōd, dīore, “good, dear, by virtue of lineage,” 1870, 1949.

ǣðm, st. m., breath, 2593.

āgan, st.-w. v., pres. āh, pret. āhte: own, possess, have, 1088, 1727, etc.; absolutely 31. Neg. form nah = ne-āh, 2252.