æs

See also: äs, aes, AES, áes, a**es, and -aes

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse æs, from Proto-Germanic *ansijō. Cognate with Latin ānsa (“handle”).

Noun

æs f (genitive singular æsar, plural æsir)

1. eyelet

Declension

Declension of æs
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	æs	æsin	æsir	æsirnar
accusative	æs	æsina	æsir	æsirnar
dative	æs	æsini	æsum	æsunum
genitive	æsar	æsarinnar	æsa	æsanna

Further reading

• "æs" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse æs, from Proto-Germanic *ansijō. Cognate with Latin ānsa (“handle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiːs/

  Rhymes: -aiːs

Noun

æs f (genitive singular æsar, nominative plural æsar)

1. outer edge, border

Usage notes

Almost exclusively used in the accusative plural in the adverbial phrase út í æsar (“in detail, thoroughly”).

Declension

declension of æs

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	æs	æsin	æsar	æsarnar
accusative	æs	æsina	æsar	æsarnar
dative	æs	æsinni	æsum	æsunum
genitive	æsar	æsarinnar	æsa	æsanna

References

• “æs” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ēsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēdsto-. Cognate with West Frisian ies (“bait, carrion”), Dutch aas (“bait, carrion”) and German Aas (“bait, carrion”).

Noun

ǣs n

1. food, meat
2. carrion, dead carcass

Declension

Declension of æs (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ǣs	ǣs
accusative	ǣs	ǣs
genitive	ǣses	ǣsa
dative	ǣse	ǣsum

Related terms

• etan

Descendants

• Middle English: ēs, ese, hes
  • English: yess, iss, easse; eaceworm

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ǣs”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.