EALU
- noun [ neuter ]
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Ne he ealu ne drince nǽfre oððe wín
let him never drink ale nor wine.
- Jud. 13, 4.
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Iohannes se Fulluhtere ne dranc náðor ne win, ne beor, ne ealu
John the Baptist drank neither wine, nor beer, nor ale,
- Homl. Th. ii. 38, 7: Bt. 17 ;
- Fox 60, 5, MS. Cot: L. M. 1. 47 ;
- Lchdm. ii. 120, 15: Beo. Th. 1542 ;
- B. 769 .
- [Chauc. Laym. ale: O. Sax. alo in alo-fat, n. an ale-cup: Dan. Swed. Icel. öl, n.]
Bosworth, Joseph. “EALU.” 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/8546.
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