middan-eard
The middle dwelling ⬩ the abode of men ⬩ the earth ⬩ the world ⬩ the world ⬩ mankind
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Ðone eard Asiam, se ðe is geteald tó healfan dǽle middaneardes, Homl. Th. i. 68, 35. Eálá middaneard! eálá dæg leóhta! eálá upheofon! Cd. 216; Th. 275, 2; Sat. 165.
Linked entries: middan-geard mid-eard
súþ-eást
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South-east Donua múða ðære eá scýt súðeást út, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 22, 5: Cd. Th. 42, 1; Gen. 667
ealu-gálness
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Drunkenness Forlǽtan . . . ǽrǽtas and ealu*-*gálnessa (ealo-), Nap. 5
Linked entry: gál-ness
eáþ-hréðig
Blessed ⬩ beātus
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Kmbl. 531; El. 266; for eád-hréðig, q.v
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full-eáðe
Very easily ⬩ facillĭme
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Very easily; facillĭme Ne meht ðú fulleáðe cweðan ðæt ðú earm sé thou canst not very easily say that thou art miserable, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 22
eást-ern
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Th. ii. 446, 15. marking direction of the wind, east, from the east Feówer heáfodwindas synd: se fyrmesta is eásterne wind, Lch. iii. 274, 13: Gen. 315
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.
eáþ-gete
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Substitute: <b>eáþ-gete,</b> -geáte(?); adj. Easy to get Him wæs eáðgete ele tó þám baðe oil for the bath was easy for him to get, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 18. Gyf þý .viii. dæge sunne scýneð, ðonne byð cwicseolfor eáðgeáte, Lch. iii. 166, 10
eáþ-médan
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Dele eád-médan in Dict., and add: to humble Swá hwá swá eádmédaþ hine quicumque humiliaverit se, Mt. R. 18, 4. Þá ðeóde þe mid ús árisæn hé wolde eádmédigan, Hml. A. 126, 316
eald-hríþer
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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
eáþ-módlíce
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Eáðmódlíce (eád-, v. l.) humiliter, 22, 18. Sancta Maria forhtode and bifigendre stefne eáðmódlíce ondswarode, Bl. H. 9, 19. Gé eáðmódlíce (eád-, v. l.) his word gehýrað obtemperanter illum audite, Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 117, 15. Eáþmódlíce, Bl. H. 133, 7.
eáþ-hylde
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Substitute: <b>eáþ-hilde</b> (-hylde); adj. Lit. easy to hold (cf. ge-healden), content Gif munuc eáðhylde bið and geþæf si contentus sit monachus, R. Ben. 29, 2: 109, 6. Ðǽre sáwle miht is ðæt heó . . . beó hire eáðhylde, Hex. 40, 4
eall-lencten
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The season of Lent Fram idus Septembris oð lenctenes anginne hý on án mǽl tó nónes gereorden; ofer ealllencten (eal-, v. l.) oþ Eástran hý oð ǽfen fæsten ab idibus Septembris usque ad capud quadragesime ad nonam semper reficiant; in quadragesima usque
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eást-dǽl
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Hé is eást irnende from eástdǽle þurh Æthiopica wéstenne ( orientem versus per Aethiopica deserta prolabi ), and þǽr mon hǽt þá eá Ion oþ þone eástdǽl, Ors. 1, 1; S. 12, 27. Eástdǽlas Eoae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 73. Add
eall-swá
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Stande hé eallswá (eal-, v. l. ) wé ǽr cwǽdon, R. Ben. 69, 4.
ecg-lást
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is mildra ðonne middangeardes swétnissa; and seó winstre ecglást ðæs ilcan wæpnes hé is scearpra ðonne eal middangeard, Sal. K. p. 150, 14-22
eáþ-médu
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Take instances given under eáþ-méd, -médum in Dict., and add: humility, lowliness Hé his blǽd Gode þurh eáðmédu ealne gesealde, Gú. 74: Cri. 1443. Eádmédu, Gú. 748.
Eást-Dene
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The East-Danes Aldor Eást-Dena, B. 392: 616. Eást-Denum, 828: Rún. 22
Eást-Engle
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Add: (the word may often be translated by) East Anglia Norþhymbre and Eást-Engle hæfdon Ælfréde cyninge áþa geseald, and Eást-Engle foregíslas .vi., Chr. 894; P. 84, 20.
norþ-eást
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Add: in the north-east, to the north-east Gif þunor bið mycel eást oððe norðeást, Archiv cxx. 48, 23. Norð tó ðére lytlan díc . . . swá norðeást tó ðǽre lytlan ríðe, C. D. v. 195, 8