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eáþ-fere

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

eáþ-fynde

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Add: [Icel. auð-fyndr.] Cf. earfoþ-fynde

eáþ-hylde

(adj.)
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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

eáþ-lǽce

(adj.)
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eáþ-lǽce, -lǽcne (-lác-); adj.
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Easy to cure Biþ hé þý eáðlǽcra ( printed -na) . . . hit bið þe uneáþlǽcra, Lch. ii. 258, 26. Biþ hit þý eáþlácre, 260, 2. Bið ꝥ eáðlǽcnere, 284, 23, 29. v. un-eáþlǽce, -lǽcne

eáþ-milte

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-milte, adj.
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Easily digested Þá ýtmestan leomo swína beóð eáðmelte, Lch. ii. 196, 24. Sele þú him eáðmelte mettas, 182, 15. Eáðmylte, 220, 12

eáþ-módig

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-módig, (?); adj.
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Humble. [Þe edmodies monnes bonen þurlen þe weolcne, A. R. 246. O. H. Ger. ód-muotig.] Cf. ofer-módig, and v. next word

eáþ-módlic

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-módlic, adj.
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Humble On Crístes sóþre eáþmódlicre and*-*etnesse in true, humble confession of Christ, Bl. H. 171, 12. Éðmódlice ué biddað supplices deprecamur, Rtl. 101, 32. Gif wé ásmeágaþ þá eádmódlican dǽda þá þe hé worhte, Bl. H. 33, 6

Eatol-ware

Similar entry: Eotol-ware

for-eald

Similar entry: for-ealdian

glæsen-eáge

(adj.)
Grammar
glæsen-eáge, adj.
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Grey-eyed Glæseneáge glaucus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 24

hearh-eard

(n.)
Grammar
hearh-eard, (?)
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a grove-dwelling (?), a dwelling in a grove, a grove as a dwelling, Hét mec hláford mín herheard niman (cf. héht mec mon wunian on wuda bearwe, 27. Cf. too, the phrase úpeard niman, Gú. 1051

ofer-eald

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open-ears

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or-eald

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Hé wæs wrǽne oð ꝥ hé wæs oreald usque ad aetatem decrepitam lubricus extilit, Gr. D. 341, 3. Add

eald-gemǽre

(n.)
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an ancient boundary On ꝥ ealdgemǽre, C.D.B. iii. 546, 28

Linked entry: ge-mǽre

eald-wérig

Grammar
eald-wérig, l.
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eald-wearg

earh-faru

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Aerigfaerae, Txts. 151, 10. Add

ears-gang

Grammar
ears-gang, <b>; II.</b>
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ꝥ meox his argancges and his micgan stercus et urinam, Chrd. 69, 29. Add

eást-ende

(adj.)
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Innan þǽre cyricean ... inn æt þám eástende, Vis. Lfc. 52. Add

eáþ-lǽre

(adj.)
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easily taught Ǽrest ma[n] sceal þá yldestan lǽran, ꝥ þurh hig þá gingran siððan beón þe eáðlǽran ( facilius doceantur ), Chrd. 96, 13

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