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ellen

(v.)
Grammar
ellen, ellern (-aern), elle

elder-tree

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elder-tree. Ellaen, ellae, ellaern sambucus, Txts. 94, 893. Elle sambuca, 109, 1131. Ellen sambucus, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 67: actis vel sambucus, 69, 31. Elnes rind, Lch. ii. 230, 14. In tó gryddeles elrene, of gryddeles elrene in tó ðára smalan ác, C.

flít-cræft

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Flíter[æft] dialectica, An. Ox. 3116. Flítcræfte, 2, 155. Mid flítcræftum dialecticis artibus, 3207. For ' Mone B. 3030' substitute

dún-elfen

(n.)
Grammar
dún-elfen, e; f. [-ælfen a fairy]

A down or mountain fairy castălis, ĭdis

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Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 79, 112; Wrt. Voc. 60, 19

þeód-herpaþ

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-herpaþ, (æþ, -oþ), es; m.
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The highway, public road On ðæne þeódherpað, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 24, 2. Þeódherpoð, v. 157, 14, 16. On ðone þeódherpað west on herpað, Chart. Erl. 330, 5. [Cf. O. H. Ger. diet-uuec via publica, Grff i. 669: Icel. þjóð-braut, -gata, -leið, -vegr a high

Linked entry: folc-herpaþ

Élíg

(n.)
Grammar
Élíg, e; f. [él = ǽl an eel, íg an island]

The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi

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The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire; insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi Is Élíg ðæt land on Eást-Engla mǽgþa, hú hugu syx hund hída, on eálondes gelícnesse; is eall mid fenne and mid wætere ymbseald, and fram genihtsumnesse ǽla ða ðe on ðám ylcan fennum

Englisc

(n.)

(the) Englishthe English language

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Ǽlc man . . . Frencisce and Englisce, 1087; P. 224, 34. Ǽrost Engliscra cininga Ercenbriht gesette Eástorfæsten, 639; P. 27, 18.

ÁTE

(n.)
Grammar
ÁTE, ǽte ; gen. átan ; pl. átan ; gen. átena ; f.

OATStaresdarnelcockleavena fatuaLin. lolium

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OATS, tares, darnel, cockle; avena fatua, Lin. lolium Nim átena grátan take groats of oats, Lchdm. iii. 292, 24. Genim mela ǽtena take meal of oats, L. M. 1, 35 ; Lchdm.ii. 84, 5 : Chr. 1124; Th. 376, 6. Áte lolium, Cot. 126. Átan or lasor tares; zizania

Linked entries: ǽte átih

eaht

(n.)
Grammar
eaht, æht, eht, e; f.

Deliberation, council delibĕrātio, consĭlium

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Deliberation, council; delibĕrātio, consĭlium, Exon. 80 a; Th. 301, 24; Fä. 24

Linked entries: æht eht

ece

(n.)
Grammar
ece, æce, ace, es; m.

AKE, pain dŏlor

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An AKE, pain; dŏlor Efne swá se bisceop ðone ece and ðæt sár mid him ut bǽre as if the bishop had borne the ake and the sore out with him. Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 37: 5, 4; S. 617, 22

Linked entries: ace æce

eárðan

(adv.)
Grammar
eárðan, before that; antĕquam, Chr. 1041; Th. 299, 15, col. 1. v. ǽr; adv.

ge-

(prefix)
Grammar
ge-, or ǽg-, prefixed to pronouns.

-hweg

(suffix)
Grammar
-hweg, v. æt-, hwæt- (
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under hwæt-hwega) -hweg

ǽdre

(n.)
Grammar
ǽdre, ǽddre, édre, an; f; ǽdr, e; f.

An arterya veinfountainriverarteriavenafonsrivusa nervesinewkidneynervusren

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a channel for liquids, An artery, a vein, fountain, river; arteria, vena, fons, rivus; Similar entries v. wæter-ǽdre Feorh aléton þurh ǽdra wylm they let life forth through the fountain of their veins, Exon. 72b; Th. 271, 6; Jul. 478. Blédaþ ǽdran the

Cilt-ern

(n.)
Grammar
Cilt-ern, es; n. [ceald cold, ærn place]

The CHILTERN

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The CHILTERN, high hills in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; montes quidam excelsi in agris Bucingamiensi et Oxoniensi Námon hí [Þurkilles here] ǽnne upgang út þuruh Ciltern, and swá to Oxena forda, and ða buruh forbærndon they [Thorkell's army] took

ǽhte land

(n.)
Grammar
ǽhte land, es; n. [ǽht property]

Landed propertyterra possessionis

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Landed property; terra possessionis Forðon ðe Peohtas heora ǽhte land ðætte Angle ǽr hæfdon eft onféngon nam Picti tenam possessions suæ quam tenuerunt Angli receperunt, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 29

ǽ-fæsten

Grammar
ǽ-fæsten, (ǽw-).
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On ǽwfæstenum ic gesyngode, Angl. xi. 102, 66. Ǽfæstenu ic oft ágǽlde, 99, 62: Ll. Th. ii. 144, 23. Add

heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod, gen. heáfdes; dat. heáfde; pl. heáfdu [v. Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 18, 21-25]

HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.

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Healf heáfod hoc sinciput, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 78; Som. 14, 24.

el-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
el-þeód, æl-þeód, el-þiód [ell-]; gen. e; pl. nom. acc. a. e; f.

A foreign nation, strange people gens pĕregrīna, alienĭgĕnæ, pĕregrīni

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A foreign nation, strange people; gens pĕregrīna, alienĭgĕnæ, pĕregrīni Éhton elþeóda they pursued the strange nations, Elen. Kmbl. 277; El. 139. Fóre elþeódum before strange nations, Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 12; Cri. 1337: 23 b; Th. 67, 6; Cri. 1084. On

beren

(n.)
Grammar
beren, es; n. [bere-ærn, q.v.]

A barley-placea barnhorreum

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A barley-place, a barn; horreum, Lk. Jun. 3, 17 : 12, 18, 24

Linked entries: byren biren bæren

ge-æhtle

(n.)
Grammar
ge-æhtle, an; f. [æht valuation, estimation]

Estimationconsiderationæstĭmātiodelībĕrātio

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Estimation, consideration; æstĭmātio, delībĕrātio Hý, on wíggetawum, wyrðe þinceaþ eorla geæhtlan, they, in their war-equipments, appear of the estimation of earls, Beo. Th. 743; B. 369. Grein and Heyne give geǽhtla persecutor; cf. éhtan; then eorla