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1-3. Also 3 od. [OE. ád cogn. w. O. and MHG. eit, Goth. *aids; Gr. 
fire, burning heat. The mod. repr. would be ode.]
A fire, a blazing pile, a funeral pyre.
a900 Leiden Gl., Sweet O.E.T. 114, 95 Rogus: beel vel aad. c1000 Poetry of Codex Vercellensis 1898 (1846) II. 56 And on fyrbæ
e suslum be
rungen sian wunodest ade onæled. c1220 Leg. Kath. 1364 Bed bringen o brune a fur amidde e burh [v.r. an ad]. c1225 in Wright Vocab. 94/2, Rogus od.
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