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EAXEL

(n.)
Grammar
EAXEL, eaxl, exl, e; f: eaxle, an; f.

The shoulder hŭmĕrus

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The shoulder; hŭmĕrus Standeþ [MS. standaþ] me hér on eaxelum stands here on my shoulders, Wald. 92; Vald. 2, 18. Geféng he be eaxle Grendles módor he seized Grendel's mother by the shoulder, Beo. Th. 3078; B. 1537. He forlét earm and eaxle he left arm

Linked entries: eaxle esl exl

eáþ-módnes

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Ealra his eáðmódnessa and fremsumnessa, 115, 23. Be þǽm eádmódnessum and mildheortnessum, 103, 18

ealde-fæder

(n.)
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Cf. eald, VI a On Arcestrates cyne-ríce his ealdefeder. Ap. Th. 28, 9. Se cing Eádmund ys bebyrged mid his ealdefæder Eádgáre, Chr. 1016; P. 153, 22

Linked entry: fæder

eáþ-médu

(n.)
Grammar
eáþ-médu, f.: -méde, es; n. (Cf. ofer-méde.)
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Mid eallum eádmédum regollíce libban, Ll. Th. ii. 322, 3. Þú eallum eáðmédum þíne béne onsend, El. 1088: 1101. Þú ús tó eádmédum gebróhtest nos humiliasti, Ps. Th. 89, 17. Hé on eáðmédum bád on beorge, wæs him botles neód, Gú. 299. <b>I a.

ealde-móder

(n.)
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Cf. eald, VI a For mínes leófan fæder sáwle and for mínre ealdemódor for my dear father&#39;s soul and for my grandmother&#39;s, Cht. Th. 562, 27. Þone bule ðe wæs hire ealder-móder, 548, 8. [O. Frs. ald-móder (alde móder according too]

eáþ-mód

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Þú eádmódra ealra lócast Dominus humilia respicit, Ps. Th. 137, 6. Þám eádmódum mediocribus, An. Ox. 4121. Wæs heó on eallum þingum þe eáþmóddre, Bl. H. 13, 3. gracious, gentle, condescending Þú ( the Deity ) eádmód eart ealre worlde, Hy. 7, 57.

eáþ-ness

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Ealle þá gódan God geseóð, heom tó áre and eáðnesse, Solil. H. 67, 15. Add

mid-eard

(n.)
Grammar
mid-eard, es; m.

The world

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Seó sunne ðe onlíht ealne mideard, Homl. Skt. 1, 72

Linked entry: eard

eard-fæst

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Þá Seaxan wǽron eardfæste néh þǽm gársecge Saxones, gens in Oceani litoribus sita, Ors. 6, 33; S. 288, 22. of things Fýr fiólan ne mæg eft æt his éðle, þǽr ꝥ óðer fýr úp ofer eall þis eardfæst wunað, Met. 20, 156

eást-cyning

(n.)
Grammar
eást-cyning, es; m.
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Seleucus begeat ealle þá eástlond, S. 144, 1), Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 35

eást-ern

(adj.)
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Th. i. 486, 10. (2 a) used substantively, an Eastern, an oriental :-- Ealle þá Eásternan and þá Egiptiscan, Lch. iii. 256, 6. Þone regol ðá Eásternan and eác swylce Grécas healdað, Hml. S. 3, 146.

eád-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
eád-mód, eáþ-mód; adj.

Humble, meek, mild hŭmĭlis

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Humble, meek, mild; hŭmĭlis, Mt. Bos. 11, 29

Linked entry: eáþ-mód

eást-ende

(adj.)
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Hé gespeón him tó ealle Kentingas, and ealle þá butsecarlas of Hæstingan and ðǽr ǽghwár be þǽre sǽ riman, and eallne þæne eástende and Súð-Sexan, Chr. 1052; P 178, 26

ofer-eáca

(n.)
Grammar
ofer-eáca, an; m.

an over-plus, a surplus, what remains over when apart has been takenan addition, augmentation

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Wé niman eall ðæt hé áge, and niman ǽrest ðæt ceápgyld of ðam yrfe, and dǽle man syððan ðone ofereácan on .ii., L. Ath. v. 1, 1; Th. i. 228, 16: v. 6, 1; Th. i. 232, 28: v. 6, 3; Th. i. 234, 6. Ðæs geáres ofereácan fæste hé reliquum anni jejunet, L.

eáþ-metto

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eáþ-metto, l. -métto,
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Gebúge hé intó mynstre mid eallum eádméttum, Ll. Th. i. 306, 3

Eást-land

(n.)
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Hé begeat ealle þá eástlond, 3, 11; S. 144, 1. [Cf. O. H. Ger. óstar-lant oriens: Icel. austr-lönd; pl. the East.] Esthonia Eástan of Eástlande . . . Þæt Eástland is swýðe mycel, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 10, 14. Cf. Ósti, 16, 29

un-eáðe

(adj.)
Grammar
un-eáðe, and un-iéðe (-éðe, -íðe, -ýðe); adj.

difficulthardtroublesomeunpleasantgrievous

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Hé was underfange[n] of ðám hádesmannum ðe him ealra uneáþest was, ðæt was clerican he was received by those of the clergy that it was most distasteful to him to be received by, that is by the secular clergy (cf.

Linked entries: un-éðe un-íðe

eád-méd-

(prefix)
Grammar
eád-méd-, -mod-. v. eáþ-méd-, -mód-.

eádi-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
eádi-líc, adj.

Happy

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Happy, Ps. Th. 64, 14

eága-swind

(n.)
Grammar
eága-swind, the eyelid, the cheek; gĕna. Som. Ben. Lye; Grm. Gr. iii. 401
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proposes eagan-spind