Ægnan

Zgodnie ze Słownikiem Staroangielskim:

ægnan

pl. Awns (awn, with husbandmen, the spire or beard of barley or other bearded grain, Bailey), chaff, refuse, husks:--Aegnan paleae, Txts. 85, 1526: quisquiliae, 91, 1696. [En graunge vus gardet des arestes (fro agunes), Wrt. Voc. i. 155, 1. Hec arista a nawn, 233, col. 2. Awene, awne arista, Promp. P. 18. Goth. ahana paleae: Icel. ögn; pl. agnar (-ir) chaff: O. H. Ger. agana arista, migma, festuca.] ægnan