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æftan

(adv.)
Grammar
æftan, adv.

Behindpostpone

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Behind; post, pone Earn æftan hwit the eagle white behind, Chr. 937; Th. i. 206, 29; Æðelst. 63, col. 1

æfter-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
æfter-cweðan, p. -cwæþ; pp. -cweden

To speak afterrepeatto answerrevokerenounceabjurerepetererevocare

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His bróðer griþ eall æftercwæþ his brother renounced all peace, Chr. 1094; Th. 360, 23. Æftercweðendra lof the praise of the after-speaking [post mortem laudantium ], Exon. 82 b; Th. 310, 10; Saef: 72

æfter-gild

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-gild, -gyld, es; n.

An after-paymenta paying again or in additionsecunda vel iterata compensatio

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C. S. 24; Th. i. 390, 7

æfter-weardnes

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-weardnes, -ness, e ; f.

Posterityposteritas

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Posterity; posteritas, Cot. 149

æf-werdla

(n.)
Grammar
æf-werdla, æf-wyrdla, æ-wyrdla, a-wyrdla, an; m. [æf of, wyrdan to corrupt]

Damageinjurylossthe amercement for itdetrimentumjacturadamnum

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Ben. 2 : Cot. 104

Ægeles þrep

Aylesthorpe

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Aylesthorpe, Chr. 455 ; Th. 21, 32

æ-gilde

(adv.)
Grammar
æ-gilde, æ-gylde, a-gilde, a-gylde; adv. [æ without, gild payment]

Without compensationsine compensatione

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C. S. 49; Th. i. 404, 14: L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 12

Ægles burg

(n.)
Grammar
Ægles burg, Ægeles burg, [burh]; g. burge; f; Ægles byrig, e ; f.

AYLESBURY, in Buckinghamshire

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AYLESBURY, in Buckinghamshire Cúþwulf genom Ægeles burg Cuth-wulf took Aylesbury, Chr. 571; Erl. 18, 13. Genam Ægles burh id. Th. 32, 29, col. 2. Genam Ægles byrig id. Th. 33, 27, col. l.

Linked entry: Ægeles birg

Ægles wurþ

(n.)
Grammar
Ægles wurþ, es; m.

The village of EYLESWORTH, Northamptonshire

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The village of EYLESWORTH, Northamptonshire, Chr. 963; Ing. 155, 9

æhta

(n.; num.; adj.)

eight

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eight, Chr. 1070; Th. 345, 32

ǼL

(n.)
Grammar
ǼL, es; m.

An EELanguilla

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Ac seó þeód ðone cræft ne cúðo ðæs fiscnóðes nymþe to ǽlum ánum sed piscandi peritia genti nutta nisi ad anguillas tantum inerat, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 43. Smæl ǽl a small eel, Cot. 161

Linked entries: éle fisc

æ-lǽten

(v.; part.)
Grammar
æ-lǽten, = a-lǽten; pp. of a-lǽtan.

divorced

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C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 23

Linked entry: -lǽte

ældu

(n.)
Grammar
ældu, æld, e; f.

ageold agesæculumsenectusan agecenturyævumcenturia

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C. 142: Ps. Surt. 91, 15 : 70, 18. an age, century; ævum, centuria Þurh ælda tíd per sæcula sæculorum, Exon. 45 a; Th. 152, 11; Gú. 807. Wið ælda against the age, 81 a; Th. 305, 16; Fä. 89

Linked entries: æld ældo

Ælfred

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfred, Alfriþ, Aldfriþ, Ealdfriþ, es; m. [æl all; aid, eald old: fred = friþ peace; v. Ælfréd]

Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years

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Aldfriþ] Norþanhymbra cining forþférde here, A.D. 705, Alfred, king of the Northumbrians, died, Chr. 705; Erl. 43, 32

Linked entries: Aldfriþ Alfriþ

Ælfríc

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfríc, es; m. [ælf, ríc]

ÆlfricÆlfricus

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D. 995, archbishop Sigeric died, and Ælfric, bishop of Wiltshire, was chosen on Easter-day at Amesbury, by king Æthelred, and all his witan, Chr. 995; Th. 243, 36, col. 2 — 245, 3, col. 2.

æl-mǽst

(adv.)
Grammar
æl-mǽst, adv.

Almostfere

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Almost; fere, Chr. 1091; Th. 359,12

ǽlpig

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽlpig, adj. [=án-lípig, án-lépig, from án one, hleáp a leap]

Eachsingleunicus

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Each, single; unicus Ðæt næs án ǽlpig híde, ne án gyrde landes that there was not one single hide, nor one yard of land, Chr. 1085; Th. i. 353, 12

æmtian

(v.)
Grammar
æmtian, æmtegian, æmtigean; p. ode; pp. od

To be at leisureto be vacantotiosum esse

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C. 45, 10: Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 14

Linked entries: æmtegian æmtigean

Ænglisc

(adj.)

EnglishAnglicus

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English; Anglicus Hér synd on ðam íglande fíf geþeódu, Ænglisc, Brytwylsc, Scottysc, Pihttisc, and Bóclǽden here are in the island five languages, English, Brito-Welsh, Scottish, Pictish, and Book-Latin, Chr. Th. 3, 5, col. 1

ǽn-lípig

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽn-lípig, -lýpig, -lépig; adj. [án one, hlíp, hlýp]

Eacheverysingularsolitaryprivatesingulisolus

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Grn. 7, 14: C. R. Ben. 22

Linked entry: ǽn-lípie