ealu-hús
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an alehouse. Ðe werc of þesternesse . . . ben oueretes and untimeliche eten alehuse, O. E. Hml. ii. 11, 30
ealu-scerwen
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ealu-scóp
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Substitute: <b>ealu-scop,</b> es; m. One who recites poetry where there is drinking Wé lǽrað ꝥ ǽnig preóst ne beó ealuscop ne on ǽnige wísan glíwige mid him sylfum oþ[þe mid] óðrum mannum, Ll. Th. ii. 256, 15. Gif preóst oferdruncem lufige
eám
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Wæs sum æðele cyning Óswold . . . wearð ofslagen Eádwine his eám (cf. erat Osuald nepos Aeduini regis ex sorore Acha, Bd. 3, 6), Hml. S. 26, 7. Ródbert þæs cynges sunu Willelmes hleóp fram his fæder tó his eáme Rótbryhte ( this Robert was brother of Matilda
ear
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and add In eáre (me are, MS.), Dan. 324. Cf. eá water
ear
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a harrow Ear occa, An. Ox. 2359: 2735
eár
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an ear
eár-clǽnsend
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Add: cf. eár-finger
eár-finger
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The little finger. Cf. Quas tua fert auris sordes trahit auricularis (lytil finger), Wrt. Voc. i. 179, 25 Eárfinger auricularis, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 298, 15: Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 25
Linked entry: eáre-finger
eár-plǽttan
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in Dict., and ge-eárplættan
eár-slege
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A blow that strikes off an ear Be eárslege. Gif him mon ásleá óðer eáre of, geselle .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte, Ll. Th. i. 92, 21
éce
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Dele bracket, and add: perpetual, to all time Oð ðone fyrst þe hé bócland and ǽce yrfe geearnige, Solil. H. 2, 12. Hé on feorhgebeorh foldan hæfde eallum eorðcynne éce láfe frumcneów gehwæs túddorteóndra he (Noah) to save life for all that lives on earth
éce
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Éce efenlic comperennis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 61. Wé beóð mid úrum sáwlum éce symle earme oððe eádige, Wlfst. 145, 13. Add
ecg-clif
ecg-lást
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A sword's edge On ðæs Paternosters ðǽre swíðran handa is gyldenes sweordes onlícnis . . . and ðæs dryhtenlican wǽpnes seó swíðre ecglást (gender influenced by that of ecg?) hé ( the true gender of -lást?) is mildra ðonne middangeardes swétnissa
ecg-plega
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ecg-þræc
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-þracu
efen-éce
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Efenéce coeternus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 40. Godes Sunu is efenéce (efn-, v. l. ) his Fæder and þám Hálgan Gáste, Gr. D. 60, 15: Hml. Th. i. 198, 15: 278, 21. Euenéce, 32, 6. Efnéce, Bl. H. 111, 8: 29, 3. Án Godcundnys and gelíc wuldor and efenéce mægen*
efn-
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