ær

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) ewe

Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) ewe

Etymology 2
From, from. Cognate to 🇨🇬 (modern ).

Adjective

 * 1) mad

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) eider

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) eider

Usage notes

 * The compound is more commonly used.

Etymology 4
From.

Etymology
From, originally a comparative form (=‘earlier’).

Adjective

 * 1) early, previous, former

Preposition

 * 1) before, (in negative sentences) until

Conjunction

 * 1) before, (in negative sentences) until
 * 2) rather than (in preference to)
 * 3) * c. 992, Ælfric, "THE PASSION OF THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL"
 * "ang"
 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric, "THE PASSION OF THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL"
 * "ang"

- "Paulus cwæð to Petre, "Broðer, þu wære Gode gecoren ær ic,

Adverb

 * 1) previously
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"
 * "ang"

- Uton fon nu on þæt godspel ðær we hit ǣr forlēton.


 * 1) already
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "For Palm Sunday"
 * "ang"

- Þam folce wearð cūð þæt se Hælend arærde lytle ær Lazarum of deaðe, seðe læg stincende feower niht on byrgene: þa comon þa togeanes Criste þe geleaffulle wæron, mid þam wurðmynte, swa we ǣr cwædon.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) ewe