ELE
OIL ⬩ ŏleum
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OIL; ŏleum Eles gecynd is ðæt he wile oferstígan ǽlcne wǽtan: ageót ele uppon wæter oððe on óðrum wǽtan, se ele flýt bufon: ageót wæter uppon ðone ele, and se ele abrecþ up and swimþ bufon it is the nature of oil that it will rise above every fluid:
ELN
the Royal
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an ELL, a measure of length, the space from the point of the elbow to the end of the middle finger, eighteen inches. This is the Heb. המָּאַ [amma] a cubit: the Lat. cŭbĭtus a cubit, ulna an ell. Liddell and Scott say πῆχυς = cŭbĭtus, and ulna an ell
Linked entry: eln-gemet
eln
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Eln ulna, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 10. Cubitum fæðm betwux elboga[n] and handwyrste, palmus span vel handbred, ulna eln vel spanning betwux þúman and scitefingre, 43, 51-53. Hé geseah hí úp áhefene swá swá mannes elne fram þǽre eorðan, Hml. S. 23 b, 274. Add
ELM
ELM, elm-tree ⬩ ulmus
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An ELM, elm-tree; ulmus Genim elmes rinde take bark of elm, L. M. 1. 6; Lchdm. ii. 52, 9
Linked entry: ellm
elm
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Elm ulmus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 4. Genim elmes rind, Lch. ii. 52, 9. Elmes drænc a drink made with elm rind, 66, 25. Cf. Elmleáh as a place name, C. D. iv. 70, 3, 13. Add
eld
age
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age Sió forme eld the first age, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 7; Met. 8, 4: Bt. 15; Fox 48, 2
Linked entry: ild
el-
foreign, strange ⬩ peregrínus, externus
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foreign, strange; peregrínus, externus
élc
each
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each, Mk. Skt. Rush. 16, 15
élys
hedgehogs
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hedgehogs, Ps. Spl. C. 103, 19. v. íl
élas
hedgehogs
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hedgehogs, Ps. Spl. T. 103, 19. v. íl
éle
a lamprey
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a lamprey, Som. Ben. Lye
elp
elephant
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elephant, Som. Ben. Lye
ele
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Add: and n. Balzamum se deórweorðesta ele, Nar. 36, 32. Wé tó dæg sceolan dǽlan úrne ele on þreó wísan gehálgodne . . . hálig ele, óþer is crisma, and seóccra manna ele: and gé sceolan habban þreó ampullan gearuwe tó þam þrým elum, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 2
ell
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Uelim on ánum elle . . . uellem on twám ellum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 200, 5, 6
elm
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Helm ulmus, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 64. Add
smirwung-ele
Oil for anointing
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Oil for anointing Of ðam smiring-ele de oleo unctionis Ex. 29, 21
el
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other Elle (ðá oðero, L.) genóman æsnas his reliqui tenuerunt servos ejus, Mt. R. 22, 6