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eafor

(n.)
Grammar
eafor, es; m. n. (?).
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Sit liberaturn et absolutum illud monasterium ab illis causis quas cumfeorme et eafor uocitemus ... ab ommi illa incommoditate aefres et cumfeorme nisi istis causis quas hic nominamus; praecones si trans mare uenirent ad regem uenturi, uel nuncii ...

eág-seóung

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Eágs(eó)ung, 78, 18. Eágseóung, 41, 34

eág-þyrl

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Úre éhðyrla sind úre eágan, Hml. Th. i. 584, 28, 32. Þurh ðá éghþyrl (-þyrla, eághþyrelu, v. ll. ), Bd. 4, 7; Sch. 388, 5. Add

ealdor

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Gehýrstú, úre aldor?, 85, 18, 29. Þæt dǽra ðeóstra ealdras mé ne geméton, Hml. Th. i. 76, 4. of things, the chief, principal of its kind, head Seó Níl is ealdor fallicra (ful- ?) eá Nilus est capud fluuiorum.

ealdor-bold

(n.)
Grammar
ealdor-bold, es; n.
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A chief residence, court of a king Be Deorwentan þǽre eá, ðǽr wæs þæs cyninges ealdorbold (aldor-, v.l.) juxta amnem Deruuentionem, ubi tunc erat uilla regalis, Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 146, 21

Linked entry: bold

eall-wealdend

(n.)
Grammar
eall-wealdend, es; m.
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Swá swá se eallwealdend heom úðe, 26, 26. Gif hé gewilnaþ þæs eallwealdendes miltsunge, 19, 187

Linked entries: wealdend æle-wealdend

earfoþe

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþe, adj.
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39, 4; F. 216, 15. laborious, toilsome Hit bið swíðe geswincful ðæt mon ǽlcne mon scyle onsundrum lǽran, hit is ðeáh earfoðre ealle ætsomne tó lǽranne valde laboriosum est unumquemque . . . instruere; longe tamen laboriosius est auditores innumeros uno

Linked entry: earfeðe

earm

(adj.)
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Úre teóþan sceattas sýn earmra manna gafol. Ágifaþ teóþan dǽl ealles þæs ceápes þe gé habban earmum mannum, and tó Godes cyrican, þǽm earmestan Godes þeówum þe þá cyrican mid godcundum dreámum weorþiað . . .

eced-fæt

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Ecedfæt (ecet-, v. l.) acitabula (uas, quo fertur acetum ), Hpt. 31, 11, 217. Add

ed-níwian

(v.)
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On dómes dæge úre Drihten edníwaþ ealle gesceafte, Shrn. 64, 24. Ongunnan hí þá heargas edníwian (-níwan, v. l.) þá þe ǽr forlǽtene wǽron coeperunt fana, quae derelicta erant, restaurare, Bd. 3, 30; Sch. 331, 15. Add

ed-staþelung

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ed-staþelung, restoration.
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Ben. 36 substitute Mancynna Ealdor for úre edstaðelunge þǽre róde gealgan underféng, Hml. Th. i. 588, 19. Tó edstaþelungum ad lumina vitae, An. Ox. 2214

efen-sáre

(adj.; adv.)
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efen-sáre, adv.
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Equally bitterly Hié ne magon ealneg ealle on áne tíd emnsáre hreówan, ac hwílum án, hwílum óðru cymð sárlíce tó gemynde neque uno eodemque tempore aeque mens de omnibus dolet; sed nunc hujus, nunc illius culpae memoria acrius tangitur, Past. 413, 29

egeleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
egeleáslíce, adv.
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Without fear, unconcernedly Ðý lǽs hié siððangeearnigen swá micle hefigre wíte suá hié nú egeleáslícor and unnytlícor brúceð Godes giefe eo postmodum supplicia graviora mereantur, quo nunc largioribus bonis Dei male uti non metuunt, Past. 247, 10

ell

(n.)
Grammar
ell, es; m. (v. u.) The letter l
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Uelim on ánum elle . . . uellem on twám ellum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 200, 5, 6

el-leoht

(n.)
Grammar
el-leoht, es; n. The incorrect use (elision f) of l
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Elleohtes lauta*-*cismi (= labdacismi; cf. laudacismi ðǽre uncyste, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 33), An. Ox. 5471

Linked entries: -leoht em-leoht

emb-rin

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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:

eorcnan-stán

(n.)

a jeweltopazpearl

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His brýdbúras wǽron eorcnanstánum unionibus and carbunculis þǽm gimcynnum swíðast gefrætwode talami margaritis unionibusque et carbunculis nitebant, 5, 3. figurative. of persons Cwæþ úre Drihten tó þǽre eádigan Marian líchoman, 'Ne forlǽte ic þé nǽfre

eorþ-hele

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Wæs þæt deáw swilce hit hagoles eorðhele wǽre the dew was as if there were a covering of hail upon the ground; ros jacuit. . . in similitudinem pruinae super terram, Ex. 16, 14. Substitute:

eówer

youryouryours

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Similar entries Cf. úre

ess

(n.)
Grammar
ess, es; m.
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Fissum on twám essum . . . fusum, án s for ðan ðe se u is lang, 178, 5