eár-plǽttan
To strike on the ear, to box the ear ⬩ cŏlăphum incŭtĕre
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To strike on the ear, to box the ear; cŏlăphum incŭtĕre Se byrle ðone apostol eár-plætte the cup-bearer struck the apostle on the ear, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 12
eal
An awl ⬩ subŭla
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An awl; subŭla Þurhþyrlige his eáre mid eale [mid áne eale, Roff.] perfŏret aurem illīus subŭla, L. Alf. 11; Wilk. 29, 12
EAXEL
The shoulder ⬩ hŭmĕrus
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He forlét earm and eaxle he left arm and shoulder, 1948; B. 972. He gewérgad sæt freán eaxlum neáh he sat wearied near his lord's shoulders, 5699; B. 2853: 722; B. 358.
earm-hreád
An arm-ornament ⬩ brachii ornāmentum
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An arm-ornament; brachii ornāmentum Earm-hreáda [MS. earm reade] twá two arm-ornaments, B. 1194
Linked entry: hreád
eácen
Increased, great, vast, powerful ⬩ auctus, magnus, pŏtens, grăvĭdus
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Increased, great, vast, powerful; auctus, magnus, pŏtens, grăvĭdus Eácne fuglas the teeming fowls, Cd. 98; Th. 130, 12; Gen. 2158. Se wæs æðele and eácen who was noble and vigorous, Beo. Th. 398; B. 198: Exon. 10 b; Th. 13, 20; Cri. 205. Eald sweord
eard-gyf
A gift from one?s native land ⬩ patrium dōnum
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s native land; patrium dōnum Kynincgas eard-gyfu bringaþ: Spl. has, cyningas gyfa togelǽdaþ: rēges dōna addūcent, Ps. Th. 71, 10
EÁST
EAST ⬩ ŏriens
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The EAST; ŏriens Óþ Indéas eáste wearde unto the Indies towards the east, Bt. Met. Fox 16, 36; Met. 16, 18. Sió sunne norþ eft and eást otéweþ the sun appears again in the north and east, i. e. in the north-east, 13, 118; Met. 13, 59. Ðæt eálond on Wiht
ears-ende
The breech, the buttocks ⬩ nătes
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The breech, the buttocks; nătes Ears-ende [MS. -endu] nătes, Wrt. Voc. 65, 36: [MS. -enda], 283, 61
Linked entry: -endu
eard-stede
A dwelling-place ⬩ locus habitātiōnis
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A dwelling-place; locus habitātiōnis Ða swétestan somnaþ and gædraþ wyrta wynsume and wudubléda to ðam eard-stede it [the Phœnix] collects and gathers pleasant herbs and forest leaves to that dwelling-place, Exon. 58 b; Th. 211, 9; Ph. 195
eard-stapa
A land-stepper, wanderer ⬩ terras peragrans, peregrīnātor
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A land-stepper, wanderer; terras peragrans, peregrīnātor Swá cwæþ eard-stapa so said a wanderer, Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 25; Wand. 6
earm-scanca
An arm-bone [ = shank] ⬩ crus
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An arm-bone [ = shank]; crus Gif ða earm-scancan beóþ begen forade if the arm-bones be both broken, L. Alf. pol. 55; Th. i. 94, 26
Linked entry: sceanca
eár-cóðu
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Eár-cóðu parōtĭdes, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 57; Wrt. Voc. 20, 1
eár
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an ear
ear
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a harrow Ear occa, An. Ox. 2359: 2735
ears-þerl
Fŏrāmen āni, ānus
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Fŏrāmen āni, ānus Ears-þerl ānus vel verpus, Ælíf. Gl. 74; Som. 71, 72; Wrt. Voc. 44, 54
Eádréd
Eadred Atheling, third son of Edward the Elder. Eadred was king of Wessex and Northumbria, for nine years and a half, from A. D. 946-955
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Eadred Atheling, third son of Edward the Elder. Eadred was king of Wessex and Northumbria, for nine years and a half, from A. D. 946-955 Hér, A. D. 946, féng Eádréd Æðeling to ríce here Eadred Atheling succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 946; Erl. 116, 35
earn-geáp
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Earn-geáp? vultur, Ælfc. Gl. 38; Som. 63, 32; Wrt. Voc. 29, 51. Earn-geáp? arpa [ = harpe ], Glos. Brux. Recd. 36, 2; Wrt. Voc. 62, 2, Ben. Lye