--4) _a_, in the sense of an
indefinite
article:
ān .
ān .
Beowulf
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.
ān, 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
āne niht (_the next night_), 135; þurh ānes cræft, 700; þāra ānum, 1038; ān
æfter ānum, _one for the other_ (Hrēðel for Herebeald), 2462: similarly, ān
æfter eallum, 2269; ānes hwæt, _some single thing, a part_, 3011; se ān
lēoda duguðe, _the one of the heroes of the people_, 2238; ānes 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:
ān . . . fēond, 100; gen. sg. ānre bēne (or to No. 2[? ]), 428; ān . . . draca,
2211--5) gen. pl. ānra, in connection with a pronoun, _single_; ānra
gehwylces, _every single one_, 733; ānra gehwylcum, 785. Similarly, the
dat. pl. in this sense: nemne fēaum ānum, _except a few single ones_,
1082.
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.
ān, 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
āne niht (_the next night_), 135; þurh ānes cræft, 700; þāra ānum, 1038; ān
æfter ānum, _one for the other_ (Hrēðel for Herebeald), 2462: similarly, ān
æfter eallum, 2269; ānes hwæt, _some single thing, a part_, 3011; se ān
lēoda duguðe, _the one of the heroes of the people_, 2238; ānes 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:
ān . . . fēond, 100; gen. sg. ānre bēne (or to No. 2[? ]), 428; ān . . . draca,
2211--5) gen. pl. ānra, in connection with a pronoun, _single_; ānra
gehwylces, _every single one_, 733; ānra gehwylcum, 785. Similarly, the
dat. pl. in this sense: nemne fēaum ānum, _except a few single ones_,
1082.
