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Anglo-Saxon

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eall-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
eall-rihte, adv.
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Quite directly, exactly Ealswá yfel anda lǽt tó helle, ealrihte swá gód anda lǽt tó Gode, R. Ben. 131, 13

eáh-

(prefix)
Grammar
eáh-, eye-, = eág-, in compounds, q. v.

Linked entry: mist

eald-wita

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Substitute: An elder, senior, principal person. v. wita, Presbiter is mæssepreóst oððe ealdwita; ná ðæt ǽlc eald sý presbiter is priest or senior; not that each is old in years, Ll. Th. ii. 348, 20.

eald-lic

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Cf. eald, VIII), Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 57

ealu-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-geweorc, es; n.
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Brewing Hié hié selfe mid ealoð ofer*-*drencton . . . On þǽre byrig wæs ǽrest ealogeweorc ongunnen, for þon þe hié wín næfdon larga prius potione usi, non vini, cujus ferax is locus non est, sed succo tritici per artem confecto, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 7

ofer-eáca

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-eáca, an; m.

an over-plus, a surplus, what remains over when apart has been taken ⬩ an addition, augmentation

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Wé niman eall ðæt hé áge, and niman ǽrest ðæt ceápgyld of ðam yrfe, and dǽle man syððan ðone ofereácan on .ii., L. Ath. v. 1, 1; Th. i. 228, 16: v. 6, 1; Th. i. 232, 28: v. 6, 3; Th. i. 234, 6. Ðæs geáres ofereácan fæste hé reliquum anni jejunet, L.

dæges eáge

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Dæges ége consolda, An. Ox. 56, 385. Add

eága-swind

(n.)
Grammar
eága-swind, the eyelid, the cheek; gĕna. Som. Ben. Lye; Grm. Gr. iii. 401
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proposes eagan-spind

efn-eald

(adj.)

co-eval

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co-eval Efneald æquævus vel coætāneus, Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 56, 119; Wrt. Voc. 19, 3

ealu-clýfe

(n.)

an ale-house

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an ale-house, Som. Ben. Lye

ealu-geweorc

ale-brewing

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ale-brewing

ealu-malt

malt used for making ale

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malt used for making ale

ealu-wósa

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-wósa, ale-wetter or
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drinker

eald-hettende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
eald-hettende, pl. m.

Old foes ⬩ antīqui inĭmīci

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Old foes; antīqui inĭmīci, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 11; Jud. 321

eald-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
eald-wérig, adj.

Vile of old ⬩ jampridem malignus

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Vile of old; jampridem malignus Ealdwérige Egypta folc the folk of Egypt vile of old, Cd. 145; Th. 180, 24; Exod. 50

Linked entries: wearg eald-a-wered

eall-cyn

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-cyn, adj.

Of every kind, universal ⬩ omnĭgĕnus, unĭversus

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Of every kind, universal; omnĭgĕnus, unĭversus Eallcyn sǽd getreówfulra [Iacobes MSS. C. T.] unĭversum semen Iacob, Ps. Spl. 21, 22

Linked entry: eal-cyn

eall-geador

(adv.)
Grammar
eall-geador, adv.

Altogether

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Altogether, Andr. Kmbl. 2196; An. 1099

eall-geleáflíc

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-geleáflíc, adj. [geleáflíc believed] Believed by all, catholic; cathŏlĭcus = καθολικός
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Ðæt monega cyricean on Hibernia, lǽrendum Athamnano, ða eallgeleáflícan Eástran onféngon ut plurĭmæ Scottōrum ecclesiæ, instante Adamnano, cathŏlĭcum Pascha suscēpĕrint, Bd. 5, 15; S. 635, 10

Linked entry: eal-geleáflíc

eall-nacod

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-nacod, adj.

Entirely naked ⬩ omnīno nūdus

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Entirely naked; omnīno nūdus Ic eom eallnacod I am all naked, Cd. 42; Th. 54, 3; Gen. 871

Linked entry: eal-nacod

eall-reord

(adj.)

foreign speaking, barbarous

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foreign speaking, barbarous, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 32

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