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án-eága

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án-eága, -ége.
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Ánége luscus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 12: 71, 2. Anéges monoptalmi, 93, 38. Ánége luscum. Mk. L. 9, 47. Ánégum monoptalmis, luscis, An. Ox. 7, 225. Ǽnégum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 40: 56, 73. Add

eahta-feald

(num.; adj.)
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eahta-feald, adj.
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Eightfold Þurh ðá eádignyssa þæs eahtafealdan geteles, Hml. A. 45, 528. Ehtafealdum octenis, An. Ox. 3716. Hehtefealde bis quaternos, 774

eahta-hyrnede

(adj.)
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eahta-hyrnede, adj.
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Eight-cornered, octagonal Seó cyrce wæs eahtahyrnede, Hml. Th. ii. 496, 33

eahta-nihte

(adj.)
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eahta-nihte, adj.
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Eight days old Se eahtanihta móna, Lch. iii. 178, 14

eahta-teóða

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Se eahtateóða octavus decimus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 283, 5. On þone eahtategþan dæg, Shrn. 71, 5: 92, 7. Eahtateogðan, 85, 23. Eahtategeþan, 105, 22. Add

eahta-týne

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
eahta-týne, -ti(é)ne.
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Eahtatýne decem et octo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 281, 14. Eahtatiéne sexies terna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 78. Þreó wǽron ofslagene tó deáðe and eahteteóne gewundade, Chr. 1083; P. 215, 20. Þeós smerenes wæs geworht of ehtaténe cynna wyrtum, Bl. H. 73, 20. Gif þú dést

eahta-wintre

(adj.)
Grammar
eahta-wintre, adj.
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Eight years old Sanctus Iustus wæs .viii. wintre þá hé martyrdóm þrowode, Shrn. 139, 17. Ðá ðá hé wæs eahtawintre cild, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 3

eald-bacen

(adj.)
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eald-bacen, adj.
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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

(n.)
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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. (?)

Linked entry: hríðer

eald-land

(n.)
Grammar
eald-land, es; n.
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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-móder

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Dele, and see ealde-móder

eald-ness

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eald-ness, old age.
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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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Add: cf. eald-geriht

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-wita

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Substitute: An elder, senior, principal person. v. wita, Presbiter is mæssepreóst oððe ealdwita; ná ðæt ǽlc eald sý presbiter is priest or senior; not that each is old in years, Ll. Th. ii. 348, 20. Mé sǽde sum árwyrðe mæssepreóst, þæt him sǽde sum ealdwita

eald-wrítere

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Ealdwríterum antiquariis, i. scribis (scriptoribus, Hpt. Gl. 528, 73), An. Ox. 5449. Add

eall-gód

(adj.)
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eall-gód, adj.
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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