Obs. Also 4 hes, 5 ese. [OE. ǽs, corresp. to OHG. âs, MDu. aes (mod.Ger., Du. aas):—OTeut. *ǽsso(m, f. ǽt- ablaut-form of root *et- to EAT.] Carrion; also carrion used as bait, a bait.
Beowulf (Gr.), 1331. Atol æse wlanc eft siðas teah fylle ʓefræʓnod.
975. O. E. Chron. Letan him behindan … þane hasewan padan earn æftan hwit æses brucan.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 123. Þenne bið he gredi þes eses and forswoleȝeð þene hoc forð mid þan ese.
1340. Ayenb., 55. Yerne to þe mete ase deþ þe hond to þe hes.
c. 1450. Lat. & Eng. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 579. Edia, ese.
