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ealu

  • verb
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ealu, (-o,-a). For 'generally indecl. in sing.' substitute: gen. ealoþ (-aþ, -eþ), alþes (Rtl.); dat. inst. ealoþ (-aþ, -eþ); acc. ealu (-o, -a); gen. pl. ealeþa,
Wright's OE grammar
§78; §276; §414;
and add:
ale
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  • Ealo

    coelia,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 24: i. 290, 61.
  • Ealu

    celeum, cervise,

    ii.
      130, 47.
  • Æþele alu

    carenum,

      23, 1.
  • Gif ealo áwerd sié,

      Lch. ii. 142, 10.
  • Twégen fǽtels full ealað oððe wæteres,

      Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 16.
  • Lytel níwes ealoð,

      Lch. i. 388, 8.
  • Healde hé hine wiþ geswét eala, drince hlúttor eala, and on þæs hlúttran ealað wyrte wylle ácrinde, ii. 292, 21.
  • Dó healfae bollan ealoð tó . . . and gehǽte ꝥ ealu,

      268, 24.
  • Aefne alðes

    materiam cervise,

      Rtl. 116, 42.
  • Twá flaxan mid ælað gefylde,

      Guth. 64, 16.
  • Wyl on ealoþ oððe on beóre,

      Lch. ii. 102, 27.
  • Ealað,

      104, 2.
  • On áwyldum ealað,

      114, 12.
  • On súrum ealað,

      34, 15.
  • On twybrównum ealað,

      120, 10.
  • On ealdum ealað,

      292, 12.
  • Mid strangum ealað,

      314, 14.
  • Mid hlúttre ealoþ,

      116, 5.
  • Gníd on eala,

      100, 22: 114, 23.
  • Dó on eala,

      102, 18, 21, 22.
  • On ꝥ eala,

      142, 13.
  • Hé náne þinga beór ne drince, and gemetlíce wín and eala,

      88, 11.
  • Hlúttor ealu,

      104, 17.
  • On strang hlúttor eala,

      314, 23.
  • On wylisc ealo,

      118, 4.
  • Hwæt drincst þú? Ealu (

    cerevisiam

    ), gif ic hæbbe, oþþe wæter, gif ic næbbe ealu,
      Coll. M. 35, 11: Bl. H. 165, 11.
an intoxicating drink
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  • Ne oferdrincað gé eów wínes ne óðera ealeða,

      Ll. Th. ii. 438, 20.
  • v. æfter-, brýd-, mealt-ealu.
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