and-swaru, st. f., _act of accosting_: 1) to persons coming up, _an address_, 2861.--2) in reply to something said, _an answer_, 354, 1494, 1841. and-weard, adj., _present, existing_: acc. sg. n. swīn ofer helme and-weard (_the image of the boar, which stands on his helm_), 1288. and-wlita, w. m., _countenance_: acc. sg. -an, 690. an-sund, adj., _entirely unharmed_: nom. sg. m., 1001. an-sȳn, f., _the state of being seen_: hence 1) _the exterior, the form_, 251: ansȳn ȳwde, _showed his form_, i.e. appeared, 2835.--2) _aspect, appearance_, 929; on-sȳn, 2773. an-walda, w. m., _He who rules over all, God_, 1273. See Note. atelīc, adj., _terrible, dreadful_: atelīc egesa, 785. 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. attor, st. n., _poison_, here of the poison of the dragon's bite: nom., 2716. attor-sceaða, w. m., _poisonous enemy, of the poisonous dragon_: gen. sg. -sceaðan, 2840. āwa, adv. (certainly not the dative, but a reduplicated form of ā, which see), _ever_: āwa tō aldre, _fōr ever and ever_, 956. Ā ā, adv. (Goth, áiv, acc. from aiv-s aevum), _ever, always_, 455, 882, 931, 1479: ā syððan, _ever afterwards, ever, ever after_, 283, 2921.--_ever_, 780.--Comp. nā. ād st. m. _funeral pile_: acc. sg. ād, 3139; dat. sg. āde, 1111, 1115. ād-faru, st. f., _way to the funeral pile_, dat. sg. on ād-fære, 3011. ādl, st. f. _sickness_, 1737, 1764, 1849. āð, st. m., _oath in general_, 2740; _oath of allegiance_, 472 (?); _oath of reconciliation of two warring peoples_, 1098, 1108. āð-sweord, st. n., _the solemn taking of an oath, the swearing of an oath_: nom. pl., 2065. See sweord. āðum-swerian, m. pl., _son-in-law and father-in-law_: dat. pl., 84. āgan, verb, pret. and pres., _to have, to possess_, w. acc.: III. prs. sg. āh, 1728; inf. āgan, 1089; prt. āhte, 487, 522, 533; with object, geweald, to be supplied, 31. Form contracted with the negative: prs. sg. I. nāh hwā sweord wege (_I have no one to wield the sword_), 2253. āgen, adj., _own, peculiar_, 2677. āgend (prs. part. of āgan), _possessor, owner, lord_: gen. sg. āgendes, _of God_, 3076.--Compounds: blǣd-, bold-, folc-, mægen-āgend. āgend-frēa, w. m., _owner, lord_: gen. sg. āgend-frēan, 1884. āhsian, ge-āhsian, w. v.: 1) _to examine, to find out by inquiring_: pret. part. ge-āhsod, 433.--2) _to experience, to endure_: pret. āhsode, 1207; pl. āhsodon, 423. āht, st. n. (contracted from ā-wiht, which see), _something, anything_: āht cwices, 2315.