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Character  æ 
Unicode name LATIN SMALL LETTER AE
Latin-1 Supplement U+00E6

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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Letter

æ lower case (upper case Æ)

  1. Ligature from the letters a and e.

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Wikipedia

æ

  1. (IPA) near-open front unrounded vowel

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[edit] English

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æ lower case (upper case Æ)

  1. (chiefly dated) Ligature of vowels a and e.

[edit] Usage notes

  • Normally used for words of either Ancient Greek or Latin origin.
  • Uncommon in modern English mainly due to its absence in English typographical equipment.
  • In American English: this symbol is usually absent in favor of e whenever it has the sound /ɛ/ (SAMPA /E/) or /iː/ (SAMPA /i:/), but not when it makes a different sound, as in this example: ‘formulæ’.

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛː/, [ɛːˀ]

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æ (upper case Æ)

  1. Antepenultimate letter of the Danish alphabet.

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛa/
  • Homophone: a

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æ (upper case Æ)

  1. Penultimate letter of the Faroese alphabet.

[edit] German

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æ (lower case, upper case Æ)

  1. (obsolete) Vowel borrowed from Latin. Succeeded by ä.

[edit] Norwegian

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æ (upper case Æ)

  1. Antepenultimate letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

[edit] Old English

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æ (upper case Æ)

  1. Æ, letter of the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) alphabet, listed in 24th and final position by Byrhtferð (1011). Called æsc "ash tree" after the Anglo-Saxon rune.

[edit] Etymology 1

Cognate with Old Saxon êo, Ol Frisian ewa, êwe, ê, â, Old German êwa, êha, êa, ê (German Ehe).

[edit] Noun

ǣ f.

  1. law, scripture
    God is wisdom and æ woruldbuendra. God is the wisdom and law of world-dwellers.
  2. ceremony, custom, marriage
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[edit] Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *akʷā-. Cognate with Old Frisian â, ê, Old Norse á, Old Saxon and Old High German aha, and Gothic ahwa; and with Latin aqua.

[edit] Noun

ǣ f.

  1. river, running water
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