Translingual

Letter

Æ upper case (lower case æ)

1. A ligature from the letters A and E.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter A):   Áá  Àà  Ââ  Ǎǎ  Ăă  Ãã  Ảả  Ȧȧ  Ạạ  Ää  Åå  Ḁḁ  Āā  Ąą  ᶏ  Ⱥⱥ  Ȁȁ  Ấấ  Ầầ  Ẫẫ  Ẩẩ  Ậậ  Ắắ  Ằằ  Ẵẵ  Ẳẳ  Ặặ  Ǻǻ  Ǡǡ  Ǟǟ  Ȁȁ  Ȃȃ  Ɑɑ  ᴀ  Ɐɐ  ɒ  Ａａ Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜳꜳ  Ꜵꜵ  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ
• (Variations of letter E):  Éé  Èè  Êê  Ḙḙ  Ěě  Ĕĕ  Ẽẽ  Ḛḛ  Ẻẻ  Ėė  Ëë  Ēē  Ȩȩ  Ęę  ᶒ  Ɇɇ  Ȅȅ  Ếế  Ềề  Ễễ  Ểể  Ḝḝ  Ḗḗ  Ḕḕ  Ȇȇ  Ẹẹ  Ệệ  ⱸ  ᴇ  Ｅｅ  Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  &  Œœ  ᵫ
• (Letter combinations):  Ꜳꜳ  Ææ  ᴁᴭ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜵꜵ  Åå  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ  Ꜽꜽ  ct  ȸ  DZDzdz  DŽDždž  ᴂᵆ  ᴔ  &  ff  fi  ffi  fl  ffl  ℔  IJij  LJLjlj  Ỻỻ  Ŋŋ  NJNjnj  Œœ  ɶ  Ꝏꝏ  Ȣȣᴕ  ȹ  ẞß  ſtst  ᵫ  Ůů  Ww  Ꝡꝡ

English

Symbol

Æ upper case (lower case æ)

1. (chiefly dated or linguistic) Ligature of vowels A and E, called ash.
2. (archaic) aevum; formerly used on gravestones to indicate the deceased's age at time of death

Usage notes

• Mostly used for words of either Ancient Greek or Latin origin, though also used when referencing Old English texts or using recently derived Old English loanwords.
• Uncommon in modern times mainly due to its absence in some typographical equipment.

Proper noun

Æ

1. The pseudonym of the Irish writer George William Russell.

See also

• Œ

Anagrams

• EA, Ea, ea, ea.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛː/, [ɛːˀ]

Letter

Æ ‎(lower case æ)

1. The antepenultimate letter of the Danish alphabet.

Inflection

See also

• (Latin script letters) bogstav; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz, Ææ, Øø, Åå

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛa/
• Homophones: a, A, æ

Letter

Æ ‎(lower case æ)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) bókstavur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Yy, Ýý, Ææ, Øø

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ai/

Letter

Æ ‎(lower case æ)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) bókstafur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Éé, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Xx, Yy, Ýý, Þþ, Ææ, Öö

Norwegian

Letter

Æ ‎(lower case æ)

1. The antepenultimate letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Old English

Letter

Æ ‎(lower case æ)

1. Uppercase ash, 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 ᚫ rune.

Translingual

Pronunciation

Letter

æ lower case (upper case Æ)

1. Ligature from the letters a and e.

Symbol

æ

1. (IPA) near-open front unrounded vowel

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter A):   Áá  Àà  Ââ  Ǎǎ  Ăă  Ãã  Ảả  Ȧȧ  Ạạ  Ää  Åå  Ḁḁ  Āā  Ąą  ᶏ  Ⱥⱥ  Ȁȁ  Ấấ  Ầầ  Ẫẫ  Ẩẩ  Ậậ  Ắắ  Ằằ  Ẵẵ  Ẳẳ  Ặặ  Ǻǻ  Ǡǡ  Ǟǟ  Ȁȁ  Ȃȃ  Ɑɑ  ᴀ  Ɐɐ  ɒ  Ａａ Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜳꜳ  Ꜵꜵ  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ
• (Variations of letter E):  Éé  Èè  Êê  Ḙḙ  Ěě  Ĕĕ  Ẽẽ  Ḛḛ  Ẻẻ  Ėė  Ëë  Ēē  Ȩȩ  Ęę  ᶒ  Ɇɇ  Ȅȅ  Ếế  Ềề  Ễễ  Ểể  Ḝḝ  Ḗḗ  Ḕḕ  Ȇȇ  Ẹẹ  Ệệ  ⱸ  ᴇ  Ｅｅ  Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  &  Œœ  ᵫ
• (Letter combinations):  Ꜳꜳ  Ææ  ᴁᴭ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜵꜵ  Åå  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ  Ꜽꜽ  ct  ȸ  DZDzdz  DŽDždž  ᴂᵆ  ᴔ  &  ff  fi  ffi  fl  ffl  ℔  IJij  LJLjlj  Ỻỻ  Ŋŋ  NJNjnj  Œœ  ɶ  Ꝏꝏ  Ȣȣᴕ  ȹ  ẞß  ſtst  ᵫ  Ůů  Ww  Ꝡꝡ
• SAMPA equivalent: {
• æ-tensing

English

Symbol

æ lower case (upper case Æ)

1. (chiefly dated or linguistic) A ligature of vowels a and e, called ash.

Usage notes

• Mostly used for words of either Ancient Greek or Latin origin, though also used when referencing Old English texts or using recently derived Old English loanwords.
• Uncommon in modern times except in linguistic use.
• Often absent in American English (reduced to e) whenever it has the sound /ɛ/ (SAMPA /E/) or /iː/ (SAMPA /i:/), but sometimes retained (in this form, or as ae) when it has a different sound, as in formulæ/formulae.

See also

• ash
• œ
• Appendix:English pronunciation

Anagrams

• EA, Ea, ea, ea.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛː/, [ɛːˀ]

Letter

æ ‎(upper case Æ)

1. Antepenultimate letter of the Danish alphabet.

Inflection

See also

• (Latin script letters) bogstav; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz, Ææ, Øø, Åå

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛa/
• Homophones: a, A

Letter

æ ‎(upper case Æ)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) bókstavur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Yy, Ýý, Ææ, Øø

German

Symbol

æ ‎(lower case, upper case Æ)

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ai̯/

Letter

æ ‎(upper case Æ)

1. Penultimate letter of the Icelandic alphabet.

Interjection

æ

1. ah!, oh!, alas!
2. ouch!, ow!

Adverb

æ

1. always, forever

Synonyms

• ætíð
• um aldur og ævi

Derived terms

• sí og æ ("always, for ever and ever")

Norwegian

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /æː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /æː/, /æ/

Letter

æ ‎(upper case Æ)

1. Antepenultimate letter of the Norwegian alphabet, coming after Z and before Ø.

Pronoun

æ

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)(dialectal, mostly found in Trøndelag, northern Norway, and parts of western and southern Norway).

Old English

Letter

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 ᚫ rune.

Alternative forms

• ǣw

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

Declension

Derived terms

• ǣwnian
• æubreche "adultery, adulterer"

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. Cognate with Old Frisian â, ê, Old Norse á, Old Saxon and Old High German aha, and Gothic ahwa; and with Latin aqua.

Alternative forms

• ēa

Noun

ǣ f

1. river, running water

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiwi ‎(“forever”). Cognate with Old English ā, āwa, ǣ, Old Saxon eo, io, ia, Old High German eo, io.

Adverb

æ (not comparable)

1. ever, at any time

Descendants

• Icelandic: æ