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    [ A ] (noun.) before 12th century. left|30px|Runic letter ᚫ (a, “ansuz”), source for Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letters replaced by a From Middle English and Old English lower case letter a and split of Middle English and Old English lower case letter æ. :* 10px|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚪ (a, “āc”) Old English lower case letter a from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case letter a of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚪ (a, “āc”), derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”). :* 10px|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ, “æsc”) Old English lower case letter æ from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case ligature æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ, “æsc”), also derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”).
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