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EBBA

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
EBBA, an; m?
Wright's OE grammar
§256; §292;
An EBB or receding of water; rĕcessus măris
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  • Népflod vel ebba

    ledona,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 105
    • ;
    • Som. 78,
    • 29;
    • Wrt. Voc. 57,
    • 11.
  • Ebba [MS. ebbe]

    recessus,

    • 105
    • ;
    • Som. 78,
    • 36;
    • Wrt. Voc. 57,
    • 18.
  • Ebba [MS. ebbe] vel gyte-streám,

    rheuma,

    • 105
    • ;
    • Som. 78,
    • 38;
    • Wrt. Voc. 57,
    • 20.
  • Gewrixle ðæs flódes and ðæs ebban

    change of the flood and the ebb,

    • Bt. 21
    • ;
    • Fox 74,
    • 30.
  • Com flówende flód æfter ebban

    the flowing flood came after the ebb,

    • Byrht. Th. 133,
    • 45;
    • By. 65 : Bt. Met. Fox 11,
    • 138;
    • Met. 11 69
    • .
Etymology
[
Chauc. ebbe:
Plat. ebbe. f:
O. Frs. ebba, n:
Dut. eb, f:
Kil. ebbe:
Ger. M. H. Ger. ebbe, f:
O. H. Ger. ebba, f:
Dan. ebbe, m. f:
Swed. ebb, m
.]
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v.  æbbung.
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