Reconstruction:Old English/as

From Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god, deity”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“engender, beget”). Cognate with Old Norse áss, Latin Ansīs pl (borrowed from Gothic). Appears in the historical record within the personal name Āslāc (from Proto-Germanic *Ansulaikaz), an alternate form of Ōslāc.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːs/

ās m

1. a god
2. the runic character ᚨ (/ɑ/ or /ɑː/)

• Much like ōs, the nominative plural ēse, genitive plural ēsa and dative singular ēse display i-mutation despite it being a u-stem, likely a fossilization from an earlier stage between Proto-West Germanic *ansu and here due to the word’s archaic meaning, rather than its active usage.

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