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happiness, felicity, prosperity
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  • Ne bið him hyra yrmðu án tó wíte, ac þára óðerra eád tó sorgum,

      Cri. 1294.
  • Ic þé góda swá fela forgiefen hæfde, and þé on þám eallum eádes tó lyt þúhte, gif þú meahte spéd efenmicle Gode ágan ne móste, 1401: 1199: Gú. 1165.
  • Forber oft ðæt ðú wrecan mæge; geþyld bið middes eádes,

      Prov. K. 25.
  • Eádes hleótan,

      Fä. 89.
  • Þǽr (

    in Paradise

    ) him nǽnges wæs eádes onsýn ... him bitter wearð yrmðu æfter ǽte,
      Ph. 398.
  • Næs his frymð ǽfre, eádes ongyn, 638.
  • Wæs hyra tíres æt ende, eádes and ellendǽda,

      Jud. 273.
  • Þá hyra týr and eád ýcað,

      Rä. 27, 23.
wealth, riches
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  • Siððan his eaforan eád bryttedon ... him wæs beorht wela,

      Gen. 1602.
  • Hié eád bryttedon, oð þæt hié ne meahton leng somed ... heora bégra þǽr ǽhte habban, 1891.
  • His aferan eád bryttedon, welan, wunden gold,

      Dan. 672.
  • Hé lét weaxan heora eád and ǽhta,

      Gen. 2756.
  • Frumbearnes riht, eád and æþéla,

      Exod. 339.
  • Beorn monig seah on sync, on sylfor, on searogimmas, on eád, on ǽht, on eorcanstán,

      Ruin. 37.
  • Se rinc ágeaf eorðcunde eád (

    earthly possessions

    ),
      Gen. 1627.
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