eald-land
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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
ealdor-dóm-scipe
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Aldermanship Hér forðférde Ælfhere ealdorman, and féng Ælfríc tó þám ilcan ealdordómscipe (ealdormanscipe ?: ealdordóme, MS. E.), Chr. 983; P. 124, 35
ealdor-leg
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Substitute: ealdor-legu, e; f. Course of life, life Gé mé sægdon þæt gé cúðon míne aldorlege, swá mé ǽfre wearð oððe ic furðor findan sceolde you told me that you knew the course of my life, whatever has befallen me, or what I was yet to experience,
ealu-geweorc
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Brewing Hié hié selfe mid ealoð ofer*-*drencton . . . On þǽre byrig wæs ǽrest ealogeweorc ongunnen, for þon þe hié wín næfdon larga prius potione usi, non vini, cujus ferax is locus non est, sed succo tritici per artem confecto, Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 7
earm-stoc
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A sleeve Feald þú mid þínre swíðran hande þane hem þínes wynstran earmstoces ofer þínne wynstran scytefinger, Tech. ii. 128, 2. [Cf. O. H. Ger. stúcha manica: Icel. stuka a sleeve.]
Linked entry: -stoc
ears-gang
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a privy. v. gang, Hwílum þurh þá nosa hym yrnþ ꝥ blód, hwílum þanne on arsganga sitt hyt hym fram yrnþ, Lch. iii. 138, 5. Þanne hé tó arsganga gǽþ, þanne ꝥ hym from gǽþ byþ swýþe wyþ blóde gemenged, 140, 18. Ar[s]ganga latrinarum, An. Ox. 3917. faecal
eár-þyrel
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The ear-passage Eárþyrel (ears-? v. ears-þerl in Dict.) fistulas, i. arterias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 54
eástannorþan-wind
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A north-east wind Eástannorðan*-*windes chori, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 25
Linked entry: wind
eástansúþan-wind
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A south-east wind Eástansúþanwind vulturnus, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 12
Eáster-sunnandæg
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Easter Sunday Ic an heofonas ástáh an þone hálgan Eástorsunnandæg, Wlfst. 222, 21
eást-gemǽre
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An eastern boundary Hé cóm on India eást*-*gemǽra, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 29
Linked entry: ge-mǽre
eástnorþ-wind
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A north-east wind Eástnorþwind, eústnord*-*uind boreus, Txts. 46, 162. Eóstnorðwind chorus, 51, 460. Eástnorð*-*wind, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 52
eáþe
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What is easy, the easy Þæt nán wiht ne sý þæs eáðes ne þæs earfoðes, Wlfst. 185, 1
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. Þæt wé mid eáðmédum úrum Drihtne hýron, and mid eádmédum úrum scrifte úre synna andetton
ed-gildend
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One who requites, remunerates Edgyldend remunerator, i. redonator, Scint. 127, 17
Linked entry: gildend
ed-leániend
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One who rewards, recompenses, remunerates Se ordfruma and edleániend þæs écan lífes auctor ac retributor vitae, Gr. D. 286, 6. Edleáni[ende] remuneratore, i. largitore, An. Ox. 2549
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ed-níwigend
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A restorer, repairer, renewer God, scyppend and edníwigend ( reparator ) mennisces cynnes, Angl. xi. 115, 9
ed-wille
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A whirlpool Eduuaelle (-uella, -uelli) toreuma, Txts. 103, 2034. Eduaelle alveum, 39, 137. Eduuelle (-walla, -ualla, -ualle) vertigo, 105, 2096: Scylla, 95, 1798. Edwelle fortex, 65, 908. Edwielle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 79. Eduualles Carybdis, An. Ox. 53
efen-sácerd
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A fellow-priest Leóf bróðer and úre efen*-*sácerd, Angl. xi. 7, 4. Cf. efen-mæssepreóst
Linked entry: sacerd
efne
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Material Aefne ðiss alðes materiam istam cervise, Rtl. 116, 40