æs

From Old Norse æs, from Proto-Germanic *ansijō. Cognate with Latin ānsa (“handle”).

æs f (genitive singular æsar, plural æsir)

1. eyelet

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From Old Norse æs, from Proto-Germanic *ansijō. Cognate with Latin ānsa (“handle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiːs/

  Rhymes: -aiːs

æs f (genitive singular æsar, nominative plural æsar)

1. outer edge, border

Almost exclusively used in the accusative plural in the adverbial phrase út í æsar (“in detail, thoroughly”).

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “æs”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

From Proto-Germanic *ēsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēdsto-. Cognate with West Frisian ies (“bait, carrion”), Dutch aas (“bait, carrion”) and German Aas (“bait, carrion”).

ǣs n

1. food, meat
2. carrion, dead carcass
3. bait

Strong a-stem:

• etan

• Middle English: ēs, ese, hes
  • English: yess, iss, easse; eaceworm

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǣs”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǣs”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.