c) with verbs of taking away, _away from_ (as
starting
from near an
object): geþeah þæt ful æt Wealhþēon, _took the cup from W_.
object): geþeah þæt ful æt Wealhþēon, _took the cup from W_.
Beowulf
æsc-holt, st. n. , _ash wood, ashen shaft_: nom. pl. æsc-holt ufan grǣg,
_the ashen shafts gray above_ (spears with iron points), 330.
æsc-wiga, w. m. , _spear-fighter, warrior armed with the spear_: nom. sg. ,
2043.
æt, prep. w. dat. , with the fundamental meaning of nearness to something,
hence 1) local, a) _with, near, at, on, in_ (rest): æt hȳðe, in _harbor_,
32; æt symle, _at the meal_, 81, æt āde, _on the funeral-pile_, 1111, 1115;
æt þē ānum, _with thee alone_, 1378; æt wīge, _in the fight_, 1338; æt
hilde, 1660, 2682; æt ǣte, _in eating_, 3027, etc. b) _to, towards, at, on_
(motion to): dēaðes wylm hrān æt heortan, _seized upon the heart_, 2271;
gehēton æt hærgtrafum, _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 þæt ful æt Wealhþēon, _took the cup from W_. , 630; fela ic
gebād grynna æt Grendle, _from Grendel_, 931; æt mīnum fæder genam, _took
me from my father to himself_, 2430. --2) temporal, _at, in, at the time
of_: æt frumsceafte, _in the beginning_, 45; æt ende, _at an end_, 224;
fand sīnne dryhten ealdres æt ende, _at the end of life, dying_, 2791;
similarly, 2823; æt feohgyftum, _in giving gifts_, 1090; æt sīðestan,
_finally_, 3014.
æt-grǣpe, adj. , _laying hold of_, prehendens, 1270.
æt-rihte, adv. , _almost_, 1658.
Ǣ
ǣdre, ēdre, st. f. , _aqueduct, canal_ (not in Bēow. ), _vein_ (not in
Bēow. ), _stream, violent pouring forth_: dat. pl. swāt ǣdrum sprong, _the
blood sprang in streams_, 2967; blōd ēdrum dranc, _drank the blood in
streams_(? ), 743.
ǣdre, adv.