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ÁC

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
ÁC, ǽc; g. e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §310; §311; §411; §560; §562;
an OAK ; quercus, robur
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  • Ðeós ác

    hæc quercus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 46
    • .
  • Sume ác astáh

    got up into an oak,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 150, 31
    • .
  • acc.

    Ác

    an oaken ship.

    • Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 21
    • .
  • Geongre áce

    of a young oak,

    • L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 9
    • .
  • Of ðære ác [

    for áce]

    ,
    • Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. iii. 121, 22
    • .
Grammar
ÁC, ác; g. áces ; m.
The Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚪ = a, the name of which letter, in Anglo-Saxon, is ác an oak, hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter a, but for ác an oak, as
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  • byþ on eorþan elda bearnum flǽsces fódor

    the oak is on earth food of the flesh to the sons of men,

    • Hick. Thes. vol. i. p. 135; Runic pm. 25
    • ;
    • Kmbl. 344, 15
    • .
  • Ácas twegen

    two A's,

    • Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 26
    • ;
    • Rä. 43, 10
    • .
[
R. Glouc. ók
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Chauc. ók, áke, oak
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O. Frs. ék
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Dut. eek, eik
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North Frs. ik
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L. Ger. eke
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N. Ger. eiche
:
M. Ger. eich
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O. Ger. eih
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Dan. eg
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Swed. ek
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O. Nrs. eik
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Grn. starting from Goth. ayuk in áiw-dup, i. e. áiw-k-dup nis εὶς τον αὶῶνα, supposes a form ayuks, contracted to áiks, the equivalent of which would be ác, which would, therefore, indicate a tree of long durability
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v.  ác-drenc ǽc.
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