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éste

(adj.)
Grammar
éste, adj.

Gracious, bountiful bĕnignus

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Gracious, bountiful; bĕnignus Ðæt he him ealra wæs ára éste that he was bountiful to him in all gifts, Cd. 74; Th. 91, 8; Gen. 1509.

Linked entries: Ósti Eást-land Ístas

esl

(n.)
Grammar
esl, e; f.

A shoulder hŭmĕrus

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A shoulder; hŭmĕrus He on esle ahóf he raised [him] on his shoulder, Cd. 228; Th. 307, 18; Sat. 681

ess

(n.)
Grammar
ess, es; m.
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The letter s Premo ic ofðrycce macað pressi on twám essum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 170, 3. Fissum on twám essum . . . fusum, án s for ðan ðe se u is lang, 178, 5

Eást

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
Eást, es; m.
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Substitute: <b>eást;</b> adv. East, to the east; dele first passage, and add: marking direction, of movement Hér fór se here eást, Chr. 891; P. 82, 16. Swegen gewende eást tó Baldewines lande, 1046; P. 171, 2. Hé is eást irnende ( orientem

eft

(adv.)
Grammar
eft, adv.

Again, second time, then, afterwards ĭtĕrum, dēnuo, rursus, re-, deinde, ĭtem

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Again, second time, then, afterwards; ĭtĕrum, dēnuo, rursus, re-, deinde, ĭtem Eft lufigende God ĭtĕrum ămans Deum, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 44, 58. Asende Noe út eft culfran Noe rursus dīmīsit cŏlumbam, Gen. 8, 10: Mt. Bos. 4, 7, 8: Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40,

Linked entries: æft eft-sóna

eht

(n.)

value, estimation

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value, estimation Be ðæs demmes ehte pro damni æstimātiōne, Ex. 22, 5

ent

(n.)
Grammar
ent, es; m. A giant; gĭgas = γίγας
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He geblissode swá swá se mǽsta oððe swá swá ent to ge-yrnanne weg his exultāvit ut gĭgas ad currendam viam ejus, Ps. Lamb. 18, 6: Ps. Spl. 32, 16: Wrt Voc. 73, 52. Nem-broþ se ent Nimrod the giant, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 35 : Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 17. Dauid eóde

Linked entries: EÓTEN eten

-eht

(suffix)
Grammar
-eht, -ehte. v. -iht(e).

ent

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Þone swýþlican ent Goliam, Hml. S. 18, 18. Hí worhton him anlícnyssa, and sceópon him naman, þǽra manna naman þe wǽron entas and yfeldǽde, Hml. Th. i. 22, 31: 366, 21. Nembroð and ðá entas worhton þone wundorlican stýpel, Wlfst 105, 3. Enta cyclopum,

Éste

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Þǽr is mid Eástum án mǽgð þæt hí magon cyle gewyrcan, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 13. Add

EÁST

(n.)
Grammar
EÁST, es; m.

EAST ŏriens

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The EAST; ŏriens Óþ Indéas eáste wearde unto the Indies towards the east, Bt. Met. Fox 16, 36; Met. 16, 18. Sió sunne norþ eft and eást otéweþ the sun appears again in the north and east, i. e. in the north-east, 13, 118; Met. 13, 59. Ðæt eálond on Wiht

Linked entries: Eást eásta

Eást

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
Eást, adj.

EAST, easterlyorientālis

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EAST, easterly; orientālis Eást used mostly in composition as a noun, Eást-Engle East-Angles, Bd. 5, 24; S. 646, 19. Eást-Seaxe East-Saxons, 5, 24; S. 646, 19. Eást-Francan East-Franks, Ors. I, I; Bos. 18, 30: Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 3

éhst

(adj.)
Grammar
éhst, highest, Ps. Spl. 49, 15, = heáhst, héhst; superl.
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of heáh

eást

(adj.)
Grammar
eást, adj.
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Substitute: [the positive is uncertain]; cpve. eástra; spve. eást(e)mest Þǽre eástan Eoae (the passage is: Eoae tripertitas Indiaeprovincias illustravit, Ald. 25, 31, the glosses to which in Hpt. Gl. 451, 13, 16 are, Eoae i. orientis þára eástan (in

eft

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Add: of repetition, again Eft gelíce identidem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 50. Eft rǽdende lectitando, 50, 23. Wé nú gehýrdon þis godspel rǽdan, and þéh wé hit sceolan eft ofercweþan, Bl. H. 15, 31. Wæs culufre eft ( a second time ) of cofan sended, Gen. 1464

ésa

(n.)
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Lch. iii. 54, 9

eást

Grammar
eást, <b>; I 3.</b>
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Add Gebide þé þriwa eást, Lch. iii. 60, 16. Add Gif þunor bið mycel eást oððe norðeást, Archiv cxx. 48, 4

eást

(adj.)
Grammar
eást, adj.
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On ðæt eástre síc, C.D. iii. 438, 28. Add

-es

(suffix)
Grammar
-es, is the termination of adverbs in many cases where the noun is not so formed; as nihtes by night, nightly; nédes

of necessity, necessarily

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of necessity, necessarily

-es

(suffix)
Grammar
-es, is the termination of the genitive case singular, in the greater part of Anglo-Saxon nouns. — Cyninges botl a king's palace. — Abrahames God

Abraham's God

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Abraham's God. In English e is omitted, but its place is denoted by an apostrophe