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eást-lang

(adv.)
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eást-lang, adv.

Along the east ⬩ orientem versus

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Along the east; orientem versus Se wudu iséastlang and westlang hund twelftiges míla lang oððe lengra the wood, from east to west [lit. along the east and along the west], is one hundred and twenty miles long, or longer, Chr. 893; Th. 162, 30

norþ-eást

(adv.)
Grammar
norþ-eást, adv.

North-east

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North-east

eald-riht

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Add: cf. eald-geriht

eáþ-gesýne

easy to be seen, visible

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easy to be seen, visible

Eást-Þyringas

(n.)
Grammar
Eást-Þyringas, pl.
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The East Thuringians, Víd. 86

eáþ-fynde

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-fynde, adj.

Easy to be found ⬩ facĭlis inventu

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Easy to be found; facĭlis inventu Ðá wæs eáþfynde then was easy to be found. Beo. Th. 276; B. 138: Cd. 93; Th. 120, 12; Gen. 1993. v. éþ-fynde, ýþ-

Linked entry: éþfynde

eall-rúh

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Dele, and see eall, I. 2

eást-weg

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Ofer eástwegis travelling from the east, El. 255: 996

eald-wérig

Grammar
eald-wérig, l.
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eald-wearg

efn-éðe

(adj.)
Grammar
efn-éðe, adj.

Equally easy ⬩ æque făcĭlis

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Equally easy; æque făcĭlis Is efnéðe up and of dúne to feallanne foldan ðisse it is equally easy for this earth to fall up and down, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 333; Met. 20, 167

eást-ríce

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Substitute: an empire in the east, the East Ðæt eástríce in Asiria gefeóll . . . Ninus rícsade on ðon eástríce lii wintra, Ors. 2, 1; S. 62, 7, 13.

eást-norþerne

(adj.)
Grammar
eást-norþerne, adj.
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North-east Cóman eástnorþerne windas, Ap. Th. 11, 2

Linked entry: norþerne

eást-súþ

(adv.)
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eást-súþ, adv.
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South-east Eástsúth ad euronothum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 2l. Eástsúð, 4, 19. Be-eástan him is Wineda lond . . . and eást*-*súþ Maroara, Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 10

Linked entry: súþ

earg-scipe

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Substitute: cowardice, pusillanimity. v. earg, Ongeán módstaðolnysse and módes strencðe se mánfulla deófol sendeð wácmódnesse and lyðerne earhscype ( base cowardice ), Wlfst. 53, 12. profligacy. v. earg, Ꝥ wíf in argscipe begrippene mulierem in adulterio

ealu-gál

(adj.)

ale-drunken

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ale-drunken, v. ealo-gal

eard-hæbbendra

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Dele, and see eard, 1 b

eáþ-fere

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eáþ-fere, l. -fére
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easy to travel. Cf. earfoþ-fére

eáþ-dǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-dǽde, adj.
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Easy to do Wæs hit hyre eáðdǽde, Lch. iii. 428, 30

ears-ende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ears-ende, m.
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Substitute: <b>ears-endu;</b> pl. n. The buttocks Ears*-*endu nates, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 36: Lch. i. lxxi, 9. Earsenda, lxxiv, 19: Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 61: ii. 60, 38

eást-rihtes

(adv.)
Grammar
eást-rihtes, adv.
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Due east Of fótmǽle éstrihtes on wulfputt, C. D. iii. 449, 31, 27

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