äppel-fealu, adj., _dappled sorrel_, or _apple-yellow_: nom. pl. äppel-fealuwe mearas, _apple-yellow steeds_, 2166. ärn, st. n., _house_, in the compounds heal-, hord-, medo-, þryð-, win-ärn. äsc, st. m., _ash_ (does not occur in Beówulf in this sense), _lance, spear_, because the shaft consists of ash wood: dat. pl. (quâ instr.) äscum and ecgum, _with spears and swords_, 1773. äsc-holt, st. n., _ash wood, ashen shaft_: nom. pl. äsc-holt ufan græg, _the ashen shafts gray above_ (spears with iron points), 330. äsc-wîga, w. m., _spear-fighter, warrior armed with the spear_: nom. sg., 2043. ät, prep. w. dat., with the fundamental meaning of nearness to something, hence 1) local, a) _with, near, at, on, in_ (rest): ät hýðe, in _harbor_, 32; ät symle, _at the meal_, 81, ät âde, _on the funeral-pile_, 1111, 1115; ät þe ânum, _with thee alone_, 1378; ät wîge, _in the fight_, 1338; ät hilde, 1660, 2682; ät æte, _in eating_, 3027, etc. b) _to, towards, at, on_ (motion to): deáðes wylm hrân ät heortan, _seized upon the heart_, 2271; gehêton ät härgtrafum, _vowed at_ (or _to_) _the temples of the gods_, 175. c) with verbs of taking away, _away from_ (as starting from near an object): geþeah þät ful ät Wealhþeón, _took the cup from W_., 630; fela ic gebâd grynna ät Grendle, _from Grendel_, 931; ät mînum fäder genam, _took me from my father to himself_, 2430.--2) temporal, _at, in, at the time of_: ät frumsceafte, _in the beginning_, 45; ät ende, _at an end_, 224; fand sînne dryhten ealdres ät ende, _at the end of life, dying_, 2791; similarly, 2823; ät feohgyftum, _in giving gifts_, 1090; ät sîðestan, _finally_, 3014. ät-græpe, adj., _laying hold of_, prehendens, 1270. ät-rihte, adv., _almost_, 1658. Æ ædre, êdre, st. f., _aqueduct, canal_ (not in Beów.), _vein_ (not in Beów.), _stream, violent pouring forth_: dat. pl. swât ædrum sprong, _the blood sprang in streams_, 2967; blôd êdrum dranc, _drank the blood in streams_(?), 743. æðm, st. m., _breath, gasp, snort_: instr. sg. hreðer æðme weóll, _the breast_ (of the drake) _heaved with snorting_, 2594. æfen, st. m., _evening_, 1236. æfen-gram, adj., _hostile at evening, night-enemy_: nom. sg. m. æfen-grom, of Grendel, 2075. æfen-leóht, st. n., _evening-light_: nom. sg., 413. æfen-räst, st. f., _evening-rest_: acc. sg. -räste, 647, 1253. æfen-spræc, st. f., _evening-talk_: acc. sg. gemunde ...æfen-spræce, _thought about what he had spoken in the evening_, 760. æfre, adv., _ever, at any time_, 70, 280, 504, 693, etc.: in negative sentences, æfre ne, _never_, 2601.--Comp. næfre. æg-hwâ (O.H.G. êo-ga-hwër), pron., _every, each_: dat. sg. æghwæm, 1385. The gen. sg. in adverbial sense, _in all, throughout, thoroughly_: æghwäs untæle, _thoroughly blameless_, 1866; æghwäs unrîm, _entirely innumerable quantity_, i.e. an enormous multitude, 2625, 3136.