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ægnan

  • noun
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ægnan, pl.
Awns (awn, with husbandmen, the spire or beard of barley or other bearded grain, Bailey), chaff, refuse, husks
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  • Aegnan paleae, Txts. 85, 1526:

    quisquiliae,

      91, 1696.
Etymology
[En graunge vus gardet des arestes (fro agunes), Wrt. Voc. i. 155, 1. Hec arista a nawn, 233, col. 2. Awene, awne arista, Promp. P. 18. Goth. ahana paleae: Icel. ögn; pl. agnar (-ir) chaff: O. H. Ger. agana arista, migma, festuca.]
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