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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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-lic

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Add: proper for mature years, of the character that should belong to age Cildlic on geárum and ealdlic on móde. Hml. S. 7, 9. Sé of þǽre tíde his cnihthádes wæs berende ealdlice heortan ( cor gerens senile ), Gr. D. 95, 1. Biscopum gebirað ealdlice wísan

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