äðelu, st. n., only in the pl., _noble descent, nobility_, in the sense of noble lineage: acc. pl. äðelu, 392; dat. pl. cyning äðelum gôd, _the king, of noble birth_, 1871; äðelum dióre, _worthy on account of noble lineage_, 1950; äðelum (hæleþum, MS.), 332.--Comp. fäder-äðelu. äfnan, w. v. w. acc., _to perform, to carry out, to accomplish_: inf. ellen-weorc äfnan, _to do a heroic deed_, 1465; pret. unriht äfnde, _perpetrated wrong_, 1255. ge-äfnan, 1) _to carry out, to do, to accomplish_: pret. pl. þät geäfndon swâ, _so carried that out_, 538; pret. part. âð wäs geäfned, _the oath was sworn_, 1108.--2) _get ready, prepare_: pret. part. geäfned, 3107. See efnan. äfter (comparative of af, Ags. of, which see; hence it expresses the idea of _forth, away, from, back_), a) adv., _thereupon, afterwards_, 12, 341, 1390, 2155.--ic him äfter sceal, _I shall go after them_, 2817; in word äfter cwäð, 315, the sense seems to be, _spoke back, having turned_; b) prep. w. dat., 1) (temporal) _after_, 119, 128, 187, 825, 1939, etc.; äfter beorne, _after the_ (death of) _the hero_, 2261, so 2262; äfter mâððum-welan, _after_ (obtaining) _the treasure_, 2751.--2) (causal) as proceeding from something, denoting result and purpose, hence, _in consequence of, conformably to_: äfter rihte, _in accordance with right_, 1050, 2111; äfter faroðe, _with the current_, 580; so 1321, 1721, 1944, 2180, etc., äfter heaðo-swâte, _in consequence of the blood of battle_, 1607; äfter wälnîðe, _in consequence of mortal enmity_, 85; _in accordance with, on account of, after, about_: äfter äðelum (hæleþum, MS.)frägn, _asked about the descent_, 332; ne frin þu äfter sælum, _ask not after my welfare_, 1323; äfter sincgyfan greóteð, _weeps for the giver of treasure_, 1343; him äfter deórum men dyrne langað, _longs in secret for the dear man_, 1880; ân äfter ânum, _one for the other_, 2462, etc.--3) (local), _along_: äfter gumcynnum, _throughout the races of men, among men_, 945; sôhte bed äfter bûrum, _sought a bed among the rooms of the castle_ (the castle was fortified, the hall was not), 140; äfter recede wlât, _looked along the hall_, 1573; stone äfter stâne, _smelt along the rocks_, 2289; äfter lyfte, _along the air through the air_, 2833; similarly, 996, 1068, 1317, etc. äf-þunca, w. m., _anger, chagrin, vexatious affair_: nom., 502. äglæcea. See aglæcea. äled (Old Sax. eld, O.N. edl-r), st. m., _fire_, 3016. [æled.] äled-leóma, w. m., _(fire-light), torch_: acc. sg. leóman, 3126. See leóma. äl-fylce (from äl-, Goth. ali-s, [Greek: allos], and fylce, O.N. fylki, collective form from folc), st. n., _other folk, hostile army_: dat. pl. wið älfylcum, 2372. äl-mihtig (for eal-m.), adj., _almighty_: nom. sg. m., of the weak form, se äl-mihtiga, 92. äl-wiht, st. m., _being of another species, monster_: gen. pl. äl-wihta eard, of the dwelling-place of Grendel's kindred, 1501.