| ash |
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The name of the Old English symbol æ or Æ.
Notes: 1. Originally, ash was the name of an Old English runic letter that corresponded to the alphabetic æ. |
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Etymology - The name derives from the Old English æsc. |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from circa 1000: "Æsc biþ oferheah, eldum dyre." (Runic Poem (1915) 22) |
