ÁC
, ǽc;
g. e;
f. I. an OAK ; quercus, robur :-- 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.
II. 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
ᚪ 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:
Chauc. ók, áke, oak:
O. Frs. ék:
Dut. eek, eik:
North Frs. ik:
L. Ger. eke:
N. Ger. eiche:
M. Ger. eich:
O. Ger. eih :
Dan. eg:
Swed. ek:
O. Nrs. eik.
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.]
