Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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eal-hwít

all-white

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all-white

eal-íren

all of iron

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all of iron

Linked entry: íren

eal-ísig

(adj.)

all-icy ⬩ omnīno glaciālis

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all-icy; omnīno glaciālis

eal-mægen

all power, all might

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all power, all might

Linked entry: al-mægen

eal-mihtig

(adj.)
Grammar
eal-mihtig, adj.

All-mighty ⬩ omnĭpŏtens

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All-mighty; omnĭpŏtens On Godes ealmihtiges naman in the name of almighty God, Th. Diplm. A.D. 886-899; 138, 34

Linked entries: el-mehtig el-mihtig

eal-myrca

(n.)

an Ethiopian

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an Ethiopian

eal-riht

(adj.)
Grammar
eal-riht, adj.

All-right ⬩ pĕnĭtus rectus

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All-right; pĕnĭtus rectus, R. Ben. 72, Lye

eal-lic

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eal-nósu

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Dele, and see nosu

eár

(prep.)
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eár, before. Chr. 1041; Th. 299, 15, col. 1.

Similar entry: ǽr

eác

(prep.)
Grammar
eác, prep.
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Dele 'DER., tó-eác', and add Swíðulf biscop and Ceólmund ealdormon ... and Eádulf cynges þegn ..., and manige eác him (tó eácan him, v. l. ), Chr. 897; P. 90, 9. Monige eác him (eác tó him, eác mid him, v. ll. ), 905; P. 94, 10, 15. Ðæt is nú þæs líchoman

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

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

eár

(n.)
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an ear

eár

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

Linked entry: ǽr

eal-fremd

(adj.)

foreign ⬩ aliēnus

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foreign; aliēnus

eal-líc

(adj.)

universal, general, catholic

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universal, general, catholic, Som. Ben. Lye

eal-nacod

entirely naked

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entirely naked

eal-niwe

all-new, quite new

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all-new, quite new

eal-cræftig

all-powerful, all-mighty

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all-powerful, all-mighty

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