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éran

(n.)

a shrill sound, the earstinnulus, aures

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a shrill sound, the ears; tinnulus, aures, Som. Ben. Lye

erce-hád

(n.)
Grammar
erce-hád, es; m.

Archhood, an archbishop's pall, his dignity, of which the pall was a sign pallium

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Th. ii. 132, 10

Linked entry: ærce-hád

Ercol

(n.)
Grammar
Ercol, es; m: Erculus, i; m.

Lat. Hercules Hercules

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Hercules; Hercules Ercol ðǽr gebrohte Hercules brought them there, Ors. 3, 9 ; Bos. 68, 6. Erculus wæs Iobes sunu Hercules was the son of Jove, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 23

éren

(adj.)
Grammar
éren, adj.

Brazenæreus

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Ps. Spl. T. 17, 36: 106, 16

eretic

(adj.)
Grammar
eretic, adj.

Hereticalhærĕtĭcus

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Bd. 4, 13, Lye

erfe

(n.)
Grammar
erfe, es; n.

An inheritance hērēdĭtas

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An inheritance; hērēdĭtas Freólsgefa áge his erfe let the freedom-giver have his heritage, L. Win. 8; Th. i. 38, 16

erfe-gewrit

(n.)
Grammar
erfe-gewrit, es; n.

A charter of donation dōnatiōnis charta

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A charter of donation; dōnatiōnis charta, Heming. p. 120, Lye

erfe-weard

(n.)
Grammar
erfe-weard, es; m.

An heir hēres

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An heir; hēres Ðú eart erfeweard ealra þeóda tu hērēdĭtābis in omnĭbus gentĭbus, Ps. Th. 81, 8. Forleórt he ðæs hwílewendlícan ríces erfeweardas his suna þrié tres fīlios suos regni tempŏrālis hērēdes relīquit, Bd. 2, 5; Whelc. 121, 41

erfe-weardnis

(n.)
Grammar
erfe-weardnis, -niss, e; f.

An inheritance hērēdĭtas

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An inheritance; hērēdĭtas Erfeweardnis mín hērēdĭtas mea, Rtl. 3, 34

erhe

(adv.)
Grammar
erhe, erhlíce

fearfully

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fearfully, R. Ben. Interl. 5. v. earh-líce

ERIAN

(v.)
Grammar
ERIAN, erigan, erigean, to erianne, eríganne, erigenne; part, erigende; p. ede; pp. ed; v. a.

To plough, EAR iărāre

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To plough, EAR ; iărāre For cíele nele se sláwa erian [erigan MS. Cot.] propter frīgus pĭger ărāre nonvult, Past. 39, 2; Hat. MS. 53a, 14, 15. Nylle erigean [erian MS. Cot.] nonvult ărāre, 39, 2; Hat. MS. 53a, 18.

Linked entry: ærian

ering-lond

(n.)
Grammar
ering-lond, es; n.

Arable land arvum

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Arable land; arvum, Cod. Dipl. 1339; Kmbl. vi. 200, 7

Ermanríc

(n.)
Grammar
Ermanríc, es; m.

The celebrated king of the Ostro-Goths or East-Goths

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The celebrated king of the Ostro-Goths or East-Goths

erming

(n.)
Grammar
erming, es; m.

A miserable or wretched beingmĭser

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A miserable or wretched being; mĭser Ðæt is sió án frófer erminga æfter ðám ermþum ðisses lífes that is the only comfort of the wretched after the calamities of this life, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 29

Linked entry: irming

Erming-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
Erming-strǽt, e; f. [here-man-strǽt via strāta mīlĭtāris, Som.]

Erming-street. One of the four great Roman roads in Britain

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One of the four great Roman roads in Britain, Som. Lye

ermþu

(n.)
Grammar
ermþu, e; f.

Misery, calamity mĭsĕria

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Misery, calamity; mĭsĕria Cwom ofer eorþan ermþu misery came upon the earth, Ps. Th. 104, 14: Exon. 11b; Th. 17, 17; Cri. 271: Andr. Kmbl. 2325; An. 1164: Bt. Met. Fox 16, 15; Met. 16, 8. Æfter ermþum after calamities, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 30: Elen.

Linked entry: irmþ

érra

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
érra, the former, Som. Ben. Lye. = ǽrra ; comp.
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of ǽr

ersc

(n.)
Grammar
ersc, es; n.

A park, preserve vīvārium

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A park, preserve; vīvārium, Ben. Lye

ersc-hen

(n.)
Grammar
ersc-hen, ærsc-hen, -hæn, -henn, e; f.

A quail cŏturnix, perdix

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A quail; cŏturnix, perdix Erschen cŏturnix, Wrt. Voc. 77, 36. Hi bǽdon and com erschen pétiērunt et vēnit cŏturnix, Ps. Spl. M. C. 104, 38. Erschæn cŏturnix. Wrt. Voc. 63, 22.

Linked entries: aersc-hen edisc-hen

-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