Alan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Alan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: ic ale, ðú alest, alst, he aleþ, alþ, Related words:

Definitions

1 alan

pl. alaþ; p. ól, pl. ólon; pp. alen. I. to nourish, grow, produce; alere, procreare :-- Swylce eorþe ól as the earth nourished, Exon. 94a; Th. 353, 35; Reim. 23. II. to appear; apparere :-- Da ne alaþ which appear not; quæ non apparent, Lk. Lind. War. 11, 44. [Goth, alan; pp. alans crescere: O. Nrs. ala gignere, parere, procreare: Lat. alere.] alan

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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