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ELE

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ELE, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §47; §107; §156; §186; §386;
OIL; ŏleum
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  • Eles gecynd is ðæt he wile oferstígan ǽlcne wǽtan: ageót ele uppon wæter oððe on óðrum wǽtan, se ele flýt bufon: ageót wæter uppon ðone ele, and se ele abrecþ up and swimþ bufon

    it is the nature of oil that it will rise above every fluid: pour oil upon water or on another fluid, the oil will float above: pour water upon the oil, and the oil will break through and swim above,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 564,
      • 11-14.

  • Ele

    ŏleum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 32
      • ;
    • Som. 61,
      • 109;
    • Wrt. Voc. 27, 38: Ps. Lamb. 108, 18: 140,
      • 5.

  • Hund sestra eles

    centum cădos ŏlei,

    • Lk. Bos. 16, 6: Ps. Lamb. 4,
      • 8.

  • Of eówrum ele

    de ŏleo vestro,

    • Mt. Bos. 25,
      • 8.

  • Mid mínum hálgan ele

    ŏleo sancto meo,

    • Ps. Lamb. 88,
      • 21.

  • Ðú amæstest oððe ðú gefætnodest on ele heáfod mín

    impinguasti in ŏleo căpul meum,

    • Ps. Lamb. 22, 5: 103,
      • 15.

  • Genexode synt his spræcu ofer ele

    mollīti sunt sermōnes ejus sŭper ŏleum,

    • 54,
      • 22.

  • Hí ne námon nánne ele mid hym

    non sumpsērunt ŏleum secum,

    • Mt. Bos. 25, 3, 4, 9: Lk. Bos. 10, 34: Gen. 28, 18: Lev. 2, 1,
      • 6.

  • Ðú nymst ánne holne hláf mid ele gesprengedne

    tolles tortam pānis unīus crustŭlam conspersam ŏleo,

    • Ex. 29, 23: Lev. 2, 4: Ps. Lamb. 44, 8: Lk. Bos. 7,
      • 46.

  • Eles drosna

    dregs of oil;

    amurca = ἀμόργη,
    • Ælfc. Gl. 47
      • ;
    • Som. 65,
      • 18;
    • Wrt. Voc. 33,
      • 18.
Etymology
[
Wyc. Chauc. oile:
Orm. ele:
Scot. olye:
Plat. oelje:
O. Sax. olig, n:
Frs. oalje:
O. Frs. olie:
Dut. olie, f:
Ger. öl, n.
M. H. Ger. ol, öl, n:
O. H. Ger. olei, n:
Goth. alew, n:
Dan. olie, m. f:
Swed. olja, f:
Icel. olea, olía, f:
Lat. oleum, n:
Grk. ἔλαιον, n. olive oil; ἐλαία, f. olive-tree, olive fruit
.]
Derived forms
wyn-ele
Linked entries
v.  æl ole.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ELE.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/9200.

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