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eár-clǽnsend

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Add: cf. eár-finger

eár-finger

(n.)
Grammar
eár-finger, es; m.
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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

earm-sceapen

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Substitute: Miserable, wretched. suffering misfortune, hardship, &c. Gewát þá earmsceapen ( Nebuchadnezzar ) eft síðian, nacod nýdgenga, wundorlic wræcca tó mancynne, Dan. 632. Ne mihte earmsceapen ( the youth about to be eaten by the cannibals

earm-swíþ

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For Cot. 133: 200 substitute Ðǽm earmswíðum lacertosis (viiribus ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 41: 52, 27

eár-plǽttan

Grammar
eár-plǽttan, l. -plættan, see plættan
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in Dict., and ge-eárplættan

eár-slege

(n.)
Grammar
eár-slege, es; m.
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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

eáw-brǽce

Similar entry: ǽ-brǽce

ecg-clif

Grammar
ecg-clif, Add: A cliff with an edge or brink (? v. ecg;
).

ecg-lást

(n.)
Grammar
ecg-lást, [The gender is doubtful, the word occurring both m. and f. in the only passage where it is found: lást a track is m.]
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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

Grammar
ecg-þræc, l.
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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-etan

Grammar
efn-etan, v. next word.

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eft-ácenned

(adj.; part.)
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re-born, born again Eftácenned renatus, Jn. p. 3, 14. Eftácennedum renatis, Rtl. 32, 3. Eftácenndum, 33, 22

eft-ǽrist

(n.)
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resurrection Eftérest resurrectionem, Mt. L. 22, 23

Linked entry: ǽ-rist

eft-boren

(adj.; part.)
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re-born, born again; renatus, Jn. L. R. 3, 5

eft-bót

(n.)
Grammar
eft-bót, e; f.
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Restoration to health Eftboete restitutio, Mk. p. 2, 17. Eftbóte reparationis, Rtl. 33, 17

eft-cneoreso

(n.)
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regeneration, Rtl. 108, 29

eft-flówende

(adj.)
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glosses redundans Eftflówende wætera redundantia flumina, An. Ox. 506

eft-forgifnes

(n.)
Grammar
eft-forgifnes, eft-foregifnes
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glosses remissio, Mk. p. 2, 14: L. 3, 29: Lk. L. R. 24, 47: Rtl. 119, 38: reconciliatio, Mt. p. 14, 13

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