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eáþnes

(n.)
Grammar
eáþnes, -ness, e; f.

Easiness facĭlĭtas

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Easiness; facĭlĭtas

Linked entry: éðelícnes

eaxle-gespan

(n.)
Grammar
eaxle-gespan, gen. -gespannes; n.

The shoulder-span

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The shoulder-span Fífe gimmas wǽron on ðam eaxlegespanne five gems were on the shoulder-span, Rood Kmbl. 17; Kr. 9

ÉCE

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ÉCE, ǽce; gen. m. n. éces; gen. f. écre, écere; dat. m. n. écum; f. écre, écere; def. se écá, écea; seó, ðæt éce; gen. écan, écean; adj.

Eternal, perpetual, everlasting sempĭternus, æternus

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Eternal, perpetual, everlasting; sempĭternus, æternus Ðis ys sóþlice éce líf hæc est autcm vīta æterna. Jn. Bos. 17, 3. Onwód éce feónd folcdriht wera the eternal foe pervaded the nation of men. Cd. 64; Th. 76, 23; Gen. 1261. Ðé síe éce hérenis eternal

Linked entry: ǽce

eced-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
eced-fæt, æced-fæt, es; n.

An acid-vat, a vinegar-vesselacetābŭlum

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An acid-vat, a vinegar-vessel; acetābŭlum, Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 32; Wrt. Voc. 61, 12

Linked entry: æced-fæt

eced-wín

(n.)
Grammar
eced-wín, es; n.

Acid-wine

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Acid-wine

Ecg-bryhtes stán

(n.)
Grammar
Ecg-bryhtes stán, es; m.

Brixton Deverill

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—He gerád to Ecgbryhtes stáne be eástan Sealwyda he rode to Egbert's stone, on n

ecg-wæl

(n.)
Grammar
ecg-wæl, es; n.

Sword's wail, slaughterstrāges glădio cæsōrum

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Sword's wail, slaughter; strāges glădio cæsōrum On ecgwæle [MS. ecgwale] amid the slaughter of swords, Cd. 96; Th. 126, 2; Gen. 2089

Linked entry: wæl

ed-leán

(n.)
Grammar
ed-leán, ead-leán, æd-leán, es; n. [ed or ead; leán a loan]

A reward, recompense, requital, retributionpræmium, retrĭbūtio

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A reward, recompense, requital, retribution; præmium, retrĭbūtio Edleánes dæg retribūtiōnis dies, Lk. Bos. 4, 19. Ðæt edleán, Bt. 3, 4; Fox 6, 19: Andr. Kmbl. 2457; An. 1230. For edleane propter retrĭbūtiōnem, Ps. Spl. 118, 112

Linked entries: æd-leán ead-leán

ed-niwe

(adv.)
Grammar
ed-niwe, adv.

Anew, again dēnuo

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Anew, again; dēnuo Swá se fugel weorþeþ gomel æfter geárum geong edniwe thus the bird becomes old after years and young again, Exon. 59 b; Th. 215, 25; Ph. 258

edwít-líf

(n.)
Grammar
edwít-líf, es; n.

A disgraceful life probrōsa vita

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A disgraceful life; probrōsa vita Deáþ biþ sélla eorla gehwylcum ðonneedwítlíf death is better for every man than a disgraceful life, Beo. Th. 5775; B. 2891

éfen

(n.)
Grammar
éfen, es; n.

Evening vesper

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Evening; vesper Éfna gehwám each evening, Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 27; Gú. 1216

efen-lícnes

(n.)
Grammar
efen-lícnes, -ness, e; f.

Evenness, equality æquālĭtas

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Evenness, equality; æquālĭtas

Linked entry: em-lícnes

efen-werod

(n.)
Grammar
efen-werod, es; n.

A soldier of the same company, a fellow-soldiercommănĭpŭlāris

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A soldier of the same company, a fellow-soldier; commănĭpŭlāris, Som. Ben. Lye

efor-fearn

(n.)
Grammar
efor-fearn, es; n. A species of fern, polypody; rădiŏlus, poly̆pŏdium =πολυπόδιον
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naman efor-fearn, nemneþ, ys gelíc fearne, and heó byþ cenned on stánigum stówum, and on ealdum hús-stedum, and heó hæfþ on ǽghwylcum leáfe twá endebyrdnyssa fægerra pricena, and ða scínaþ swá gold this plant, which is named rădiŏlus, and by another name

eft-leán

(n.)
Grammar
eft-leán, es; n. [leán a reward]

A recompenseretrĭbūtio

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A recompense; retrĭbūtio He eft-leán wile ealles génomian he will surely take a recompense, Exon. 24 a; Th. 68, 8; Cri. 1100

ége

(n.)
Grammar
ége, n.

An eye

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An eye Mid égum with eyes, Cd. 229; Th. 310, 18; Sat. 728. Gif ðín ége if thine eye, Mt. Rush. War. 5, 29

ég-land

(n.)
Grammar
ég-land, ég-lond, es; n.

Water-land, an island insŭla

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Water-land, an island; insŭla We witan óðer égland we know another island, Chr. Erl. 3, 10. Geond ðis égland throughout this island, Chr. 641; Erl. 27, 11. In ðæt églond on the island, Exon. 96b; Th. 361, 7; Wal. 16. Églond monig many an island, 89 a

egor

(n.)
Grammar
egor, nine ounces or

inches, a span dodrans

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inches, a span; dodrans, Cot. 64, Som. Ben. Lye

égum

(n.)
Grammar
égum, with eyes, Cd. 229; Th. 310, 18; Sat. 728; dat. pl. of ége = eáge; n.
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q. v

éhtnes

(n.)
Grammar
éhtnes, éhtnys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Persecution persĕcutio

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Persecution; persĕcutio Seó éhtnes ðara cristenra manna the persecution of christian men, Ors. 6, 23; Bos. 124, 11: Ps. Th. 118, 139. Fram Iudéa éhtnesse from the persecution of the Jews, Ps. Th. arg. 17: Mt. Bos. 13, 21: Chr. 2; Erl. 4, 30. Eádige synd