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==Usage notes==
− A rare homograph ''agna'', “ear of grain”, is known only from Paul the Deacon's epitome of Festus, which speaks of awned and awnless ears.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD compares [[grc|ἄχνη|tr=ákhnē]], [[got|𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰|tr=ahana|t=chaff]] and [[m|en|awn]];^(OLD 2012) de Vaan notes that if it stands for an older *akna, it could go back with them to a derivative of the root [[ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-|t=sharp]], though the Greek is not a perfect formal match.^(de Vaan 2008)
+ A rare homograph ''agna'', “ear of grain”, is known only from Paul the Deacon's epitome of Festus, which speaks of awned and awnless ears.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD compares [[grc|ἄχνη|tr=ákhnē|t=chaff]], a Gothic word for chaff and English [[m|en|awn]];^(OLD 2012) de Vaan notes that if it stands for an older *akna, it could go back with them to a derivative of the root [[ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-|t=sharp]], though the Greek is not a perfect formal match.^(de Vaan 2008)
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