Old English Dictionary Entry

ÁD

Part of speech: aad, es;

Definitions

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1 ÁD

m. A funeral pile, pile, heap; rogus, congeries :-- Ðá on-bærnde he ðone ád then kindled he the pile, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 25. Ád stód onæled the pile was [stood] kindled, Cd. 141; Th. 176, 35; Gen. 2922. Hét ád onælan he commanded to kindle the funeral pile, Exon. 74a; Th. 277, 13; Jul. 580. Mycelne aad [ád MS. B.T.] gesomnode on beámum advexit plurimam congeriem trabium, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 22. [Kath. ad: O. Ger. eit ignis, rogus. Lat. æs-tus: Grk. GREEK: Sansk. edh-as wood for fuel, from the Sansk. root indh to light, kindle.] DER. ád-fær, -fýr, -lég, -loma. ad

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Ger.: German
Lat.: Latin

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Jul.: Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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