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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

Grammar
ear, ocean. l. eár
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and add In eáre (me are, MS.), Dan. 324. Cf. eá water

ear

(n.)
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a harrow Ear occa, An. Ox. 2359: 2735

eár

(n.)
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an ear

écan

Similar entry: ícan

éce

(adj.)
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éce, adj.
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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

(adv.)
Grammar
éce, adv.
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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

éfern

Similar entry: ǼFEN

egl

(n.)
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Add: <b>egle,</b> an; f. an ail, awn, beard of barley Egle, eglae, egilae glis, Txts. 67, 973. Glis fonfyr (furfur? ) oððe egle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 71. Egle aresta, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 21. Egle (-a, MS.) arista, 38, 48. Eára scale (hule, egle

ele

(n.)
Grammar
ele, es; m.
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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

elh

Grammar
elh, elha.

Similar entry: EOLH

ell

(n.)
Grammar
ell, es; m. (v. u.) The letter l
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Uelim on ánum elle . . . uellem on twám ellum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 200, 5, 6

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

eár

Grammar
eár, wave.
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Ofer ǽra gebland. Chr. 937; P. 108, 7. Add

Linked entry: ǽr

ece

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Ic þrowode mycelne ece mínre heortan and líflicra leoma, Gr. D. 243, 18. Add

éce

(adv.)
Grammar
éce, adv.
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Ic éce gewéne on milde mód mínes Drihtnes speravi in misericordia Dei in aeternum, Ps. Th. 51, 7. Add

éfod

Similar entry: eówd

ele

Similar entry: liþule

elm

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Helm ulmus, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 64. Add

efen-eald

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Th. i. 88, 12. substantive, efen-ealda a coeval Efenealda consenior, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 58. Hé his efenealdan ádýlegode, Hml. Th. i. 82, 19