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eald-spræc

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>eald-sprǽc,</b> e; f. An old form of words, a proverb, byword þú hæfst ús gedón tó ealdsprǽce, þæt óðre þeóda nyton hwæt hý elles sprecon búton úre bysmer posuisti nos in similitudinem gentibus, Ps. Th. 43, 16

efn-eald

(adj.)

co-eval

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co-eval Efneald æquævus vel coætāneus, Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 56, 119; Wrt. Voc. 19, 3

eald-hettende

(n.; adj.)
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eald-hettende, pl. m.

Old foes antīqui inĭmīci

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Old foes; antīqui inĭmīci, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 11; Jud. 321

eald-wérig

(adj.)
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eald-wérig, adj.

Vile of old jampridem malignus

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Vile of old; jampridem malignus Ealdwérige Egypta folc the folk of Egypt vile of old, Cd. 145; Th. 180, 24; Exod. 50

Linked entries: wearg eald-a-wered

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-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-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-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-wrítere

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Ealdwríterum antiquariis, i. scribis (scriptoribus, Hpt. Gl. 528, 73), An. Ox. 5449. Add

fram-eald

(adj.)
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very old, ancient Seó stów wæs gehálgod in framealdum dagum, C. D. iii. 60, 17. [Cf. Goth. fram-aldrs.]

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eald-dagas

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Swá hit on æalddagum gestód, C.D. iii. 272, 33. Add

healf-eald

(adj.)
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healf-eald, adj.

Half grown, of middle age

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Half grown, of middle age Halfeald swín half-grown swine, L. M. 2, 37; Lchdm. ii. 246, 2

eald-ealdfæder

(n.)

a great-grandfatherproăvus

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a great-grandfather; proăvus Som. Ben. Lye

eald-líc

(adj.)
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eald-líc, adj.

Old, senile, venerable sĕnīlis, grăvis

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Old, senile, venerable; sĕnīlis, grăvis Ealdlíc sĕnīlis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 38: gravis, Off. Episc. 1

niht-eald

(adj.)
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niht-eald, adj.

A day old

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A day old Gif hit biþ nihteald þiéfþ if it is a theft a day old, i. e. if a day passes between the commission of the crime and the capture of the thief, L. In. 73; Th. i. 148, 10

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eald-cot

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eald-cwen

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Dele

eald-dagas

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Be ðám ðe hit of ealddagum witan gerǽddan, Angl. ix. 259, 6. ꝥ > On ealddagum wæs án hús árǽred Gode tó lofe binnan þǽre byrig Gerusalem, Wlfst. 277, 13. Add