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ele-fæt

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Gé sceolan habban þreó ampullan gearuwe tó þám þrým elum, for ðan ðe wé ne durran dón hí tógædere on ánum elefate, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 8. Ampellan oððe elefæt legithum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 76. Genim þysse wyrte sǽdes án elefæt ful and twégen bollan fulle wæteres

ele-greófa

(n.)
Grammar
ele-greófa, an; m.
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An oil-pot (v. greófa); or fibrous material saturated with oil (?) (cf. O. H. Ger. grinbo v. pfanna frixorium, cremium vel siccamina lignorum: Ger. griebe fibrous remains of lard, &c. after being fried) Elegreóuena naptarum (the passage is: incendia

Linked entry: greofa

ele-lænde

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ele-leást

(n.)
Grammar
ele-leást, e; f.
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Lack of oil For eleleáste, Gr. D. 44, 21

ele-lendisc

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On stówe elelendiscre in loco peregrinationis, Ps. L. 118, 54. Elelendisc extorrem, Hpt. Gl. 412, 74. Elendisc, An. Ox. 275. Æielendiscne, 11, 21. Add

ele-treów

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Ne ætýwde ǽnig wæstm on þám eletreówum fructus in oleis nullus appareret, Gr. D. 50, 11. Treówcynn eletreówum gelíce arbores similes oliuae, Nar. 36, 31. Add

ele-twíg

Grammar
ele-twíg, l. -twig,
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and add Eletwiges oleastri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 7

elm-boga

Similar entry: eln-boga

emb-rin

Grammar
emb-rin, embrin (-en), æmbern

an urn

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an urn Embrin bothoma (the m is altered into ni, Corp. Gl. H. 25, 146), Wülck. Gl. 9, 18. Embren bothoma, 358, 19. Æmbern bothonia, 195, 20. Embrin balus, 275, 12. Substitute:

fær-eht

Similar entry: fær-riht

heáfod-ece

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Add: — Heáfodwærc vel [heáfod]ece cephalia, i. dolor capitis, vel cephalargia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 84. Wið heáfodece, Lch. i. 188, 15 ; 190, 20: 196, 22, and often. Laurentius ðá wudewan fram hefigtýmum heáfodece gehǽlde, Hml. Th. i. 418, 22. Hé mid ele

hypebán-ece

(n.)
Grammar
hypebán-ece, es; m.
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Sciatica Wiþ hypebánece, Lch. i. 170, 8. Cf. hype-wærc. þeóh-ece

lenden-ece

(n.)
Grammar
lenden-ece, es; m.
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Pain in the loins Wiþ lendenece. Lch. ii. 64, 16, 21 : 234, 29

niþer-ecg

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-ecg, e; f.
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The lower edge or brink Be ðæs hlinces niðerecge, C. D. iii. 418, 19

súþ-ecg

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-ecg, e; f.
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The south edge of land Of cumbes súðecge, C. D. iii. 416, 21, On crundles súðecge, 465, 15: 20

Linked entry: ecg

eár-gebland

(n.)
Grammar
eár-gebland, Take here passage given under ár-gebland.

Linked entry: ár-gebland

eár-ýþ

(n.)
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Take here passage given under ár-ýþ

ecg-hwæs

(n.)
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sharp of edge Hrunting ... ecg was ( Trautmann suggests ecghwæs) íren, B. 1459: 2778. Cf. ecg-heard

heáfod-ece

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-ece, es; m.

Head-ache

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Head-ache Wið heáfodece for head-ache, Lchdm. i. 4,15: Herb. 75, 6; Lchdm. i. 178, 15

Linked entry: ece

heard-ecg

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-ecg, adj.

Hard of edge

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Hard of edge Ðá wæs on healle heardecg togen sweord then in the hall was drawn the sword hard of edge, Beo. Th. 2581; B. 1288: 2984; B. 1490: Elen. Kmbl. 1513; El. 758: Exon. 102 b; Th. 388, 15; Rä. 6, 8