[âð-sweord], st. n., the solemn taking of an oath, the swearing of an oath: nom. pl., [2065]. See [sweord].
[âðum-swerian], m. pl., son-in-law and father-in-law: dat. pl., [84].
[âgan], verb, pret. and pres., to have, to possess, w. acc.: III. prs. sg. âh, [1728]; inf. âgan, [1089]; prt. âhte, [487], [522], [533]; with object, geweald, to be supplied, [31]. Form contracted with the negative: prs. sg. I. nâh hwâ sweord wege (I have no one to wield the sword), [2253].
[âgen], adj., own, peculiar, [2677].
[âgend] (prs. part. of âgan), possessor, owner, lord: gen. sg. âgendes, of God, [3076].—Compounds: blæd-, bold-, folc-, mägen-âgend.
[âgend-freá], w. m., owner, lord: gen. sg. âgend-freán, [1884].
[âhsian], ge-âhsian, w. v.: 1) to examine, to find out by inquiring: pret. part. ge-âhsod, [433].—2) to experience, to endure: pret. âhsode, [1207]; pl. âhsodon, [423].
[âht], st. n. (contracted from â-wiht, which see), something, anything: âht cwices, [2315].
[ân], num. The meaning of this word betrays its apparent demonstrative character: 1) this, that, [2411], of the hall in the earth mentioned before; similarly, [100] (of Grendel; already mentioned), cf. also [2775].—2) one, a particular one among many, a single one, in numerical sense: ymb âne niht (the next night), [135]; þurh ânes cräft, [700]; þâra ânum, [1038]; ân äfter ânum, one for the other (Hrêðel for Herebeald), [2462]: similarly, ân äfter eallum, [2269]; ânes hwät, some single thing, a part, [3011]; se ân leóda duguðe, the one of the heroes of the people, [2238]; ânes willan, for the sake of a single one, [3078], etc.—Hence, again, 3) alone, distinguished, [1459], [1886].—4) a, in the sense of an indefinite article: ân ... feónd, [100]; gen. sg. ânre bêne (or to No.2[?]), [428]; ân ... draca, 2211—5) gen. pl. ânra, in connection with a pronoun, single; ânra gehwylces, every single one, [733]; ânra gehwylcum, [785]. Similarly, the dat. pl. in this sense: nemne feáum ânum, except a few single ones, [1082].—6) solus, alone: in the strong form, [1378], [2965]; in the weak form, [145], [425], [431], [889], etc.; with the gen., âna Geáta duguðe, alone of the warriors of the Geátas, [2658].—7) solitarius, alone, lonely, see [æn].—Comp. nân.
[ân-feald], adj., simple, plain, without reserve: acc. sg. ânfealdne geþôht, simple opinion, [256].