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æl-tæw

  • adjective
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Grammar
æl-tæw, -teaw, -teow; comp. re; sup. est; adj.
All good, excellent, entire, sound, healthful, perfect, honest; omnino bonus, sanus
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  • Fíndest ðú æltæwe hǽlo

    thou shall find perfect healing.

    • Herb. 1, 29; Lchdm, i. 80, 7
    • ;
    • MS. B.
  • Næfþ nó æltæwne ende

    has no good end,

    • Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 29
    • .
  • Full æltæwe geboren

    born quite [full] sound or healthy,

    • 38, 5; Fox 206, 22
    • .
  • Oððe ǽnig þing ǽr wǽre oððe æltæwre

    if anything were before or more excellent,

    • Bt. 34, 2; Fox 136, 8
    • .
  • Ealle ða æltæwestan ofslógen

    they slew all the best men,

    • Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 16
    • .
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v. eal-teaw.
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v.  æl-tæwlíce æl-teaw.
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