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