atol, adj. (also eatol, 2075, etc.), _hostile, frightful, cruel_: of Grendel, 159, 165, 593, 2075, etc.; of Grendel's mother's hands (dat. pl. atolan), 1503; of the undulation of the waves, 849; of battle, 597, 2479.--cf. O.N. atall, fortis, strenuus. atelîc, adj., _terrible, dreadful_: atelîc egesa, 785. Â â, adv. (Goth, áiv, acc. from aiv-s aevum), _ever, always_, 455, 882, 931, 1479: â syððan, _ever afterwards, ever, ever after_, 283, 2921.--_ever_, 780.--Comp. nâ. âd st. m. _funeral pile_: acc. sg. âd, 3139; dat. sg. âde, 1111, 1115. âd-faru, st. f., _way to the funeral pile_, dat. sg. on âd-färe, 3011. âdl, st. f. _sickness_, 1737, 1764, 1849. âð, st. m., _oath in general_, 2740; _oath of allegiance_, 472 (?); _oath of reconciliation of two warring peoples_, 1098, 1108. 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, 221l--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.