æne

Etymology
Originally the instrumental masculine/neuter singular of before it was replaced by regularized.

Adverb

 * 1) once one time
 * 2) * late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 18:32
 * "ang"

- Ābrahām cwæþ þā ġīet, "Lā lēofa Dryhten, iċ bidde þæt þū ne iersiġe ġif iċ sprece ġīet ǣne: Hū biþ hit ġif þǣr bēoþ tīen ryhtwīse?" God cwæþ, "Ne ādilegiġe iċ hīe ġif þǣr bēoþ tīen."


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"
 * "ang"

- Sē hālga Paulus āwende his naman mid his þēawum. Saulus sē ārlēasa beswang þā cristenan, ac æfter þǣre ġeċierrednesse wæs sē ārfæsta Paulus for Cristes naman oft beswungen. Ǣne hē wæs ġestǣned oþ dēaþ, swā þæt þā ēhteras hine for dēadne lēton, ac þæs on morgne hē ārās and fērde ymb his bodunge.


 * 1) once at some former time
 * 1) once at some former time