[ænig], pron., one, any one, [474], [503], [510], [534], etc.: instr. sg. nolde ... 0nige þinga, would in no way, not at all, [792]; lyt ænig mearn, little did any one sorrow (i.e. no one), [3130].—With the article: näs se folccyning ... ænig, no people's king, [2735].—Comp. nænig.
[æn-lîc], adj., alone, excellent, distinguished: ænlîc ansýn, distinguished appearance, [251]; þeáh þe hió ænlîcu sý, though she be beautiful, [1942].
[ær] (comparative form, from â): 1) adv., sooner, before, beforehand, [15], [656], [695], [758], etc., for a long time, [2596]; eft swâ ær, again as formerly, [643]; ær ne siððan, neither sooner nor later, [719]; ær and sîð, sooner and later (all times), [2501]; nô þý ær (not so much the sooner), yet not, [755], [1503], [2082], [2161], [2467].—2) conjunct., before, ere: a) with the ind.: ær hió tô setle geóng, [2020]. b) w. subjunc.: ær ge fyr fêran, before you travel farther, [252]; ær he on hwurfe [164], so [677], [2819]; ær þon däg cwôme, ere the day break, [732]; ær correlative to ær adv.: ær he feorh seleð, aldor an ôfre, ær he wille ..., he will sooner (rather) leave his life upon the shore, before (than) he will ..., [1372].—3) prepos. with dat., before ær deáðe, before death, [1389]; ær däges hwîle, before daybreak, [2321]; ær swylt-däge, before the day of death, [2799].
[æror], comp. adv., sooner, before-hand, [810]; formerly, [2655].
[ærra], comp. adj., earlier; instr. pl., ærran mælum, in former times, [908], [2238], [3036].
[ærest], superl.: 1) adv., first of all, foremost, [6], [617], [1698], etc.—2) as subst. n., relation to, the beginning: acc. þät ic his ærest þe eft gesägde (to tell thee in what relation it stood at first to the coat of mail that has been presented), [2158]. See [Note].
[ær-däg], st. m. (before-day), morning-twilight, gray of morning: dat. sg. mid ærdäge, [126]; samod ærdäge, [1312], [2943].
[ærende], st. n., errand, trust: acc. sg., [270], [345].
[ær-fäder], st. m., late father, deceased father: nom sg. swâ his ærfäder, [2623].
[ær-gestreón], st. n., old treasure, possessions dating from old times: acc sg., [1758]; gen. sg. swylcra fela ærgestreóna, much of such old treasure, [2233]. See [gestreón].