mægen-eáca
An increase of strength ⬩ succour
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An increase of strength, succour Monnum tó mægeneácan a succour for men. Exon. 55a; Th. 194, 14; Az. 138
middan-eard
The middle dwelling ⬩ the abode of men ⬩ the earth ⬩ the world ⬩ the world ⬩ mankind
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The middle dwelling, the abode of men, the earth, the world (in a physical sense) De mundo. Middaneard is gehaten eall ðæt binnan ðam firmamentum is ... Seó heofen and sǽ and eorþe synd gehátene middaneard, Lchdm. iii. 254, 6-9. Hé sǽde, ðæt eal ðes
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mid-eard
The world
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The world Mideardes ordfruman mundi originem, Hymn. Surt. 13, 30. Seó sunne ðe onlíht ealne mideard, Homl. Skt. 1, 72
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norþ-eást
North-east
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North-east
súþ-eást
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South-east Donua múða ðære eá scýt súðeást út, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 22, 5: Cd. Th. 42, 1; Gen. 667
wíc-eard
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A dwelling-place Hé on wéstenne wíceard geceás, Exon. Th. 158, 12; Gú. 907
eald-bacen
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Baked long ago Behealde hé ꝥ his oflétan ne beón ealdbacene, Ll. Th. ii. 360, 27
eald-feónd
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eald-gestreón
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Þæt wæs án ealdgestreóna, B. 1458. Hié ne úþon ꝥ hiera fiénd tó hiera ealdgestreónum féngon. Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 11. Brond ǽleð ealdgestreón, Cri. 813. Add
eald-hríþer
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an old ox Æt .x. hídum tó fóstre ... túi eaid-hríðeru (eald hríðeru? .ii. ealde hrýðeru, twá ealda rýderu, twá ealda rýðeru, v.ll. ) oþþe .x. weðeras, Ll. Th. i. 146, 17, iiii. aldhryðra, Shrn. 159, 9. v. next word. (?)
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eald-land
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Old-land, land that has remained long untilled: (cf. old-land ground that has lain untilled a long time and is now ploughed up; arable land which has been laid down in grass more than two years. D.D.) Feówer æceras be-westan exan fornágeán Eádferðes
eald-lic
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Add: proper for mature years, of the character that should belong to age Cildlic on geárum and ealdlic on móde. Hml. S. 7, 9. Sé of þǽre tíde his cnihthádes wæs berende ealdlice heortan ( cor gerens senile ), Gr. D. 95, 1. Biscopum gebirað ealdlice wísan
eald-móder
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Dele, and see ealde-móder
eald-ness
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Seó endlyfte tíd bið seó forwerode ealdnyss, þám deáðe geneálǽcende. ... Sume beóð gelǽdde tó rihtum lífe on forwerodre ealdnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 76, 21-26. Ealdnesse vetustatem, R. Ben. I. 91, 16. Add
eald-riht
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Eald-Seaxe
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Þára cynna monig hé wiste on Germanie wesan, þanon Engle and Seaxan cumene wǽron þe nú on Breotone eardiað. Wǽron Frysan, Dene, Ealdseaxan (Ald-, v. l. ), Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 590, 9. Add
eald-wrítere
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Ealdwríterum antiquariis, i. scribis (scriptoribus, Hpt. Gl. 528, 73), An. Ox. 5449. Add
eall-gód
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All-good, infinitely good God sylf ys eallgód, and ǽlc gód cimð of him, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 29
eall-gylden
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Wyrc feówer hringas ælgyldene facies quatuor circulos aureos, Past. 169, 21. Add
eall-hwít
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Eallhwíte wýsan gesce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 18. Add