an

I.

, indef. art. == before a cons. RG. 537, ‘an stounde.’ So also RG. 261

—— == and. q. v.

—— == on, ‘an urthe’ 174 B. ‘an honde’ == on hand. 71 B. This last phrase seems to have dropped the meaning of ‘soon,’ ‘now,’ which it bears in Semi-Saxon. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝamon, vol. iii. p. 474. ‘an hei’ == on high. RG. 537. ‘an hoker’ == with scorn. 710 B. ‘an aunter’ == on adventure, i. e. in peril. RG. 311, an oniwar == at unawares

—— == one, in acc. ‘anne.’ RG. 223.

II.

, v. a. == grant, allow, consent. O. and N. 1738. AS. unnan