án

1. adj one; pl each, every one, all; \án and (æfter) \án one by one; \ánes hwæt some single thing, a part; a, an; alone, one, sole, single, solitary, only, another (in this sense it is used also in the weak form sé ána, hé ána, and with a pl.); lonely?; singular, unique; single, each, every one, all (gen pl ánra); any; sole, alone of its kind, singular, unique, without an equal; a certain one, some one; one, other; \án æfter \ánum one after another; tó \ánum tó \ánum from one to another; þæt \án, for \án this one thing, for one thing, only; \ánes hwæt anything, literally anything of all; 2. adv continually, continuously, ever, in one, once for all, immediately; only; þæt \án only that; \án and \án one by one; on \án in one, continually, ever; 3. indef art sometimes, though rarely, án may be used as the English article a/an; It does not, however, appear to be generally used as an indefinite article, but more like the Moes, ain, or Latin unus. When a noun was used indefinitely by the Saxons, it was without an article prefixed; 4. \ána def numerical adjective one, sole, single, solitary