A-weg

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-weg

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: on-weg. a-weg

Definitions

1 a-weg

adv. AWAY, out; (this is its meaning both in and out of composition) ; auferendi vim habet :-- Ðá éode he aweg autem abiit, Mt. Bos. 19, 22. Ge drehnigeaþ ðone gnæt aweg ye strain the gnat out; excolantes [ex out, colare to filter, strain] culicem, Mt. Bos. 23, 24. He hí raðe aweg aþýwde he quickly drove them away, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 28 : Ps. Th. 77, 57.

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚹᛖᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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