See also: Æ ,
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Appendix:Variations of "a" ,
Appendix:Variations of "e" , and Appendix:Variations of "ae" æ
( IPA ) near-open front unrounded vowel .( superscript⟨ 𐞃 ⟩ , IPA ) [æ] -coloring or a weak, fleeting, epenthetic or echo[æ] .æ (lower case ,upper case Æ plural æs or æ's
( chiefly dated ) ash ligature of vowelsa e Synonyms: ae e Mostly used for words of eitherAncient Greek Latin Often absent inAmerican English (reduced toe /æ/ or/ɛː/ , but sometimes retained (in this form, or asae formulæ / formulae æ (no case )
Aletter of the Comoxalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) a ,æ ,aw ,ay ,ɔ ,č ,č̓ ,e ,ɛ ,ə ,əw ,əy ,g ,gʸ ,h ,i ,ɩ ,j ,k ,k̓ ,kʷ ,k̓ʷ ,kʸ ,k̓ʸ ,l ,l̓ ,ɬ ,ƛ ,ƛ̓ ,m ,m̓ ,n ,n̓ ,o ,ɔy ,p ,p̓ ,q ,q̓ ,qʷ ,q̓ʷ ,s ,š ,t ,t̓ ,θ ,tᶿ ,t̓ᶿ ,u ,ʊ ,w ,w̓ ,ꭓ ,ꭓʷ ,x ,xʷ ,y ,y̓ ,ʔ ,꞉ æ (lower case ,upper case Æ
Antepenultimate letter of the Danish alphabet.( Latin-script letters) bogstav A a (Á á ),B b ,C c ,D d ,E e (É é ),F f ,G g ,H h ,I i (Í í ),J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o (Ó ó ),P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u (Ú ú ),V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y (Ý ý ),Z z ,Æ æ (Ǽ ǽ ),Ø ø (Ǿ ǿ ),Å å
FromOld Danish thæn Danish den
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( dialectal ) the (definite article )æ (lower case ,upper case Æ
The twenty-eighthletter of the Faroesealphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) bókstavur A a Á á B b D d Ð ð E e F f G g H h I i Í í J j K k L l M m N n O o Ó ó P p R r S s T t U u Ú ú V v Y y Ý ý Æ æ Ø ø ( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /ø dɑ̃ l‿a/ æ (lower case ,upper case Æ
Ligature of the lettersa ande Synonym: e dans l'a æ n lower case ,upper case Æ
obsolete form ofä used, alongside other graphemes, until ca. 1700, since then very rarely ).æ (lower case ,upper case Æ
The thirty-firstletter of the Icelandicalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) bókstafur A a Á á B b D d Ð ð E e É é F f G g H h I i Í í J j K k L l M m N n O o Ó ó P p R r S s T t U u Ú ú V v X x Y y Ý ý Þ þ Æ æ Ö ö æ
ah !,oh !Æ , já nú man ég!Ah, now I remember! indicating annoyance Æ , hvað heitir lagið aftur?Remind me again, what that song's called? Æææ , ég er kominn með bólu.Darn it, I have a zit. indicatingcompassion ;alas Æ , það er leitt að heyra.That's sad to hear. Æ ,því miður .Unfortunately not. indicating affection ;aww !Æææ , en sætt!Aww, how cute! indicating pain ;ouch !,ow !Synonyms: ái áts á Æ ! Hann beit mig!Ouch! He bit me! Can be arbitrarily lengthened and written asææ æææ
Inherited fromOld Norse æ
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always ,forever sí og æ ( “ always, for ever and ever ” ) FromOld Norse ek
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( Fjolde ) I ( first-person singular pronoun ) “æ ” in Anders Bjerrum and Marie Bjerrum (1974),Ordbog over Fjoldemålet , Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag. æ (lower case ,upper case Æ
Aletter of the Kawésqaralphabet , written in theLatin script . æ (lower case ,upper case Æ
Ligature of vowelsa e Synonyms: ae ę æ
second-person singular present indicative ofavéi have (singular)æ
( Early Middle English , Ormulum ) alternative form ofee ( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /æː/ ( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /æ/ ,/æː/ ,[æ~ɛ] ,[æː~eː] æ (lower case ,upper case Æ
Antepenultimate Norwegian ⟨æ⟩ is usually found before ⟨r⟩, where it represents/æ(ː)/ and is generally distinguished from/e(ː)/ , itself represented by ⟨e⟩. Exceptions are a number offunction words (likeer her /æː/ , but are nevertheless spelt with ⟨e⟩ for simplicity. Before other consonants, ⟨æ⟩ occurs but rarely, mostly when there is a related word with ⟨å⟩, e.g.væpne væske våpen våt [ˈveːpnə] ,[ˈvɛskə] (the latter merging withveske /æ(ː)/ may be retained even in these cases or some of them. The letteræ in the Norwegian runic inscriptions from 17-19 centuries is usually written as⤉ .[ 1] [ 2] ^ K. Jonas Nordby (2001 ),Etterreformatoriske runeinnskrifter i Norge: Opphav og tradisjon [1] 86 ^ Sivert Aarflot (1949 ),Runetrolldom og ringstav[ printed manuscript from ca. 1800] , page22 Ultimately fromOld Norse ek æg
æ (accusative mæ genitive masculine min genitive feminine mi genitive neuter mett or mitt
( dialectal , Trøndelag , Nordnorsk, parts of Southern Norway) alternative form ofeg ( “ first-person singular personal pronoun ” ) -Æ e i A.æ e i Aæ å! -I am in the A (school classroom).I am in A too! A. Dalen; J. R. Hagland; S. Hårstad; H. Rydving; O. Stemshaug (2008 ),Trøndersk språkhistorie: Språkforhold i ein region æ (lower case ,upper case Æ Runic equivalent ᚫ
The twenty-fourth and lastletter of the Old Englishalphabet (Byrhtferð's (1011) version), calledæsċ ( “ ash tree ” ) and written in theLatin script . FromProto-West Germanic *aiwi Old Frisian andOld High German ēwa ē Old Saxon ēo
ǣ f
law Laws ofHlothhere andEadric Þis syndon þā dōmas ðe Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, asetton. Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, ēcton þāǣ , þā ðe heora aldoras ǣr ġeworhten, ðyssum dōmum þe hȳr efter sæġeþ. These are the laws that Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, laid down. Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, added theselaws listed hereafter to the laws their ancestors created. Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Witodlīċe þis fēowertiġfealde fæsten wæs āsteald on ðǣre Ealdan Gėcyðnysse, ðāðā sē heretoga Moyses fæste fēowertiġ daga and fēowertiġ nihta tosamne, tō þȳ þæt hē moste Godesǣ underfōn. Truly, this fortyfold fast was established in the Old Testament, where the leader Moses fasted for forty days and forty nights, so that he could be allowed to receive God'slaw . Synonym: dōm marriage rite ǣ f
alternative form ofēa :river ,running water FromProto-Germanic *aiwi ( “ forever ” ) ,*aiwaz Old English ā āwa ǣ Old Saxon eo io ia Old High German eo io
æ notcomparable )
ever ,eternally , at any timeVǫluspá 1867 , S. Bugge,Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða . Christiania, page4 :[ …] æ yfir grœnn / Urðar brunni [ …] standsever green, over / the well of UrdIcelandic:æ Old Swedish:ē ǣ Old Danish:e æ → Middle English:aye ai agg æ
inflection ofæja first-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative æ (lower case ,upper case Æ
a letter of the Old Swedish alphabet, written in theLatin script . æ
second-person present imperative ofvara æ (lower case ,upper case Æ
Historical Swedish letter, now obsolete and rarely used, replaced bya e ä 
