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  • Eáðelic

    facilis,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 16, 5.
easy, presenting little difficulty
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  • Gif hé ðæt eáðelice bebod geheólde,

      Hex. 24, 16.

  • Seó ealde ǽ wæs eáðelicre þonne Crístes gesetnys sý,

      Hml. Th. i. 358, 28.
inconsiderable, slight.
of living things,
weak, tender
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  • Swilce hé tótǽre sum eáðelic ticcen,

      Jud. 14, 6.

  • Wyrta sind eáðelice gesceafta, and ðurh winterlicne cyle symle forseariað,

      Hml. Th. ii. 464, 6.

  • God ðone módigan cyning (

    Pharaoh) mid þám eáðelicum gesceaftum (insects )

    geswencte,
      492, 23.
of lifeless matter,
mean, poor, scanty
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  • Se Hǽlend becóm intó sumere eáðelican byrig

    intrauit Jesus in quoddam castellum,

      Hml. Th. ii. 438, 10.

  • Hé hæfde mid him eáþelicne fódan . . . hé þá eáðelican þénunga heom þénode,

      Hml. S. 23, 234, 239.
  • Bring ús bet be hláf . . . for þon þe þá hláfas wǽron swíðe eáðellice þe ús gyrstanǽfen cómon, 469.
of an abstract object,
slight, trifling
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  • Mód ástyred þeáh hit for gehwǽdum and eáþelicum þincge sié

    animum commotum quamvis modice,

      R. Ben. 131, 4.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. eathly. O. H. Ger. óð-líh facilis.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eáþe-lic.” 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/43557.

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