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ealdian

(v.)
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Þá cyricsangas ðe mid langre gýmeleásnesse ealdian (-igan, v.l.) ongunnon carmina ecclesiastica, quae longo usu vel negligentia inueterare coeperunt, Bd. 5, 20; Sch. 675, 9. Sele sceal stondan, sylf ealdian, Gn. Ex. 158

eald-wita

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Manige úre ealdwitan wǽron clǽnsiende ꝥ eáge heora módes multi nostrorum mentis oculum mundantes, Gr. D. 272, 1

ealu-geweorc

(n.)
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ealu-geweorc, es; n.
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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

eardung

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D. 184, 26. of beasts, v. eardian, 3 Úre fór wæs þurh þá lond and stówe þe missenlicra cynna eardung in wæs nǽdrena and wildeóra per bestiosa serpentiosaque loca nobis iter erat, Nar. 10, 5.

Eáster-mónaþ

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Þone mónaþ man nemneð on Læden Aprelis, and on úre geþeóde Eastermónaþ, Shrn. 69, 16. Add

eáþ-mód

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Uton beón eáþmóde and mildheorte, Bl. H. 95, 26. Þú eádmódra ealra lócast Dominus humilia respicit, Ps. Th. 137, 6. Þám eádmódum mediocribus, An. Ox. 4121. Wæs heó on eallum þingum þe eáþmóddre, Bl.

ed-cenning

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ed-cenning, -cynning.
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Edcynninge hé hét þæt gemǽnelice ǽrist, on ðám beóð úre líchaman geed*-*cynnede tó unbrosnunge, Hml. Th. i. 394, 23-27. Add

efen-sácerd

(n.)
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efen-sácerd, es; m.
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A fellow-priest Leóf bróðer and úre efen*-*sácerd, Angl. xi. 7, 4. Cf. efen-mæssepreóst

Linked entry: sacerd

egesa

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Uton wé þæs dæges fyrhto and egsan on úre mód settan, 125, 6. what excites fear or horror, a terrible thing Mannum þincþ heora deáð leófra þonne ðone egesan tó gehýranne it will seem to men better to die than to hear that awful tempest, Wlfst. 196, 7

éhtan

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éhtan, éhtian.
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Mið ðý oehtas iúch (eówer héhtende beóþan, R.) cum persecuti uos fuerint, Mt. L. 5, 11. Þá þe éhtiað mé, Ps. L. 34, 3. Éhte ł éhtigende is ( persecutus est ) feónd sáwle míne, 142, 3. Hig éhton ł hig éhtegende wǽron, 68, 27. Saulus, hwæt éhtesðú mé?

elcian

(v.)
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Úre Álýsend ne elcode ná ongeán þone deáð Enoch and Elias delay to meet death, and do not avoid it . . . at the end of this world they will receive death. Our Saviour did not delay to meet death, Hml. Th. i. 308, 2-7.

elpend-bán

(n.)
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elpend-bán, es; n.

ivory

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Úton his brýdbúras wǽron elpendbánum geworhte, Nar. 5, 5

Linked entries: elpen-bán elpend

em-leoht

(n.)
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em-leoht, es; n.
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The incorrect use (elision?) of m Emleohtes motacismi (= metacismi), An. Ox. 5473

Linked entries: el-leoht emm

ende-dæg

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Ic gefremman sceal eorlic ellen oððe endedæg mínne gebídan I will do or die, B. 637. the last day, Similar entries cf. ende, II, 1 a Ne lǽt láðe cwellan and bærnan sáwla úre . . . ne lǽt swá heánlíce þín handgeweorc on endedæge forwurðan, Hy. 7, 112

eorþ-gealla

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Eorðgealla fel terre uel centaurum, An. Ox. 56, 423. Nim centaurian, ꝥ is hyrdewyrt, óðre naman eorþgealla, Lch. ii. 248, 14. Hirdewyrt, ꝥ is eorðgealla, 202, 23. Add

eorþ-lic

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Similar entries cf. eorþe, V, 4 Úre eorðlice niht cymð þurh ðǽre eorðtan sceade, Lch. iii. 240, 13

eówan

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eówan, eówian.
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Eóweð (-að, v. l.) hé útan eádmódnesse, Past. 313, 2. Ðæt ðæt hé útan eówað (iówað, v. l.), 55, 13. Eáuað ostendit, Lk. L. 3, 7. Hé eówode þǽm hundum þone hláf, Bl. H. 181, 22.

ersc

(n.)
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ersc, ersc, ærsc, es; m.

Arrishersh

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Ad locum qui dicitur langan ersc . . . ubi dicitur heán ersc, iii. 373,9, 18. Substitute:

éstfulnes

luxurylasciviousness

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Uton mid ealre éstfulnysse úres módes ðás freólstíde wurðian, Hml. Th. i. 446, 28. Ic þé þæt mid éstfulnysse sylle id ego tibi devotus dabo, Gr. D. 25, 23. Gode mid geornfulnysse and éstfulnysse þénian, LI. Th. ii. 360, 31. luxury, lasciviousness.

fæst-heald

(adj.)
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fæst-heald, adj.
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Having fast hold, firmly joined, firmly cemented Hí swíðe fæsthealdne weorcstán upp áhwylfdon, and ǽfre swá hí neár and neár eódon hí fundon ǽlcne stán on óðerne befégedne, Hml. S. 23, 423