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Anglo-Saxon

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ege-healdan

Grammar
ege-healdan, l.
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ege healdan

ege-láf

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Dele, and see éce, I

ege-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
ege-leás, adj.
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Without fear, without awe. Cf. ege-full, <b>II,</b> and see two following words

ege-wilm

(n.)
Grammar
ege-wilm, es; m.
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A terrible surge Ofer egewylmum, Ps. Th. 106, 24

emb-rin

Grammar
emb-rin, embrin (-en), æmbern

an urn

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an urn Embrin bothoma (the m is altered into ni, Corp. Gl. H. 25, 146), Wülck. Gl. 9, 18. Embren bothoma, 358, 19. Æmbern bothonia, 195, 20. Embrin balus, 275, 12. Substitute:

fær-eht

Similar entry: fær-riht

for-eald

Similar entry: for-ealdian

hypebán-ece

(n.)
Grammar
hypebán-ece, es; m.
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Sciatica Wiþ hypebánece, Lch. i. 170, 8. Cf. hype-wærc. þeóh-ece

lenden-ece

(n.)
Grammar
lenden-ece, es; m.
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Pain in the loins Wiþ lendenece. Lch. ii. 64, 16, 21 : 234, 29

niþer-ecg

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-ecg, e; f.
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The lower edge or brink Be ðæs hlinces niðerecge, C. D. iii. 418, 19

ofer-eald

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Add:

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

súþ-ecg

(n.)
Grammar
súþ-ecg, e; f.
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The south edge of land Of cumbes súðecge, C. D. iii. 416, 21, On crundles súðecge, 465, 15: 20

Linked entry: ecg

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

eall-wihta

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Eallwihtna (helwihta, ealwihtna, Wlfst. 186, 2) hryre, Verc. Först. 74, 4. Add

eár-gebland

(n.)
Grammar
eár-gebland, Take here passage given under ár-gebland.

Linked entry: ár-gebland

eár-ýþ

(n.)
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Take here passage given under ár-ýþ

ecg-hwæs

(n.)
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sharp of edge Hrunting ... ecg was ( Trautmann suggests ecghwæs) íren, B. 1459: 2778. Cf. ecg-heard

æfter-eala

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-eala, an; m. l. æfter-ealo (-a, -u); n.

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