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earfoðe

(n.)
Grammar
earfoðe, es; pl. nom. acc. a, u, o, e; n. [A feminine earfoþu; gen. e, a, or indecl. seems to occur in the following
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Manifeald earfoþe (-u. v. l. ) þrowian, 39, 10; F. 228, 15. Monige earfoþa ús becuman sceoldan, Bl. H. 85, 35. Mistlice wíta (-u, v. l.) and manigfealde earfoþa (manigfeald earfoþu, v. l. ) cumaþ, Bt. 39, 2; F. 212, 28.

earfoþe

(adj.)
Grammar
earfoþe, adj.
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Dele 'Bt. proœm: Fox viii. 7,' and add: difficult Earfoðe difficilis, earfoðre difficilior, ealra earfoðust (-ost, v. l.) difficillimus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 16, 6. Hé nǽre ná ælmihtig, gyf him ǽnig gefadung earfoðe wǽre, Lch. iii. 278, 15.

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earfoþnes

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Sýn him gebodod eal seó stíðnes and seó earfoðnes þe tó Gode lǽt predicentur ei omnia dura et aspera per que itur ad Deum, R. Ben. 97, 19.

earfoþ-þrag

Grammar
earfoþ-þrag, l.
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-þrág

earg-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
earg-lic, adj.
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Ful earhlice laga ( laws that only cowards would submit to ) and scandlice nýdgyld ús synt gemǽne, Wlfst. 162, 10. Cwæð hé earhlicon wordum he said with timid words, Hml. S. 23, 580

earglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
earglíce, in a cowardly manner.
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L. 30, 54. v. arhlíce in Dict

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earm-sceapen

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L. 196. Mǽrðe þára háligra, earmsceapenra wítu gaudia sanctorum, poenas malorum, 23. Ðá micelan wíta þe þǽr beóð þám earmsceapenan for heora ǽrdǽdum gegearwode, Wlfst. 137, 1

earning-land

(n.)
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The passage is: Ðá nam Ealdulf hit and sealde ðám ðe hé wolde tó earningclaude. Cf. the expression in the same charter: Wé wrítað him ðone croft . . . ðæt hé hæbbe hit swá rúm tó bóclonde, swá hé ǽr hæfde tó lǽnlonde, C. D. iii. 258, 27

earnung

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Dele last passage, and add: labour to obtain something Ǽlc deáþlic man swencþ hine selfne mid mistlicum and manigfealdum ymbhogum, and þeáh willniað ealle þurh mistlice paþas cuman tó ánum ende ꝥ is ꝥ hí wilniaþ þurh ungelíce earnunga cuman tó ánre eádignesse

eár-plǽttan

Grammar
eár-plǽttan, l. -plættan, see plættan
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in Dict., and ge-eárplættan

Eást-Engle

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Felix bodade Eást-Englum (-Eanglum, v. l. ), 636; P. 26, 5. Se here on Eást-Englum (Ést-, v. l. ), 885; P. 80, 8. Rád se here ofer Mierce innan Eást-Engle, 870; P. 70, 5. Fór se here on Eást-Engle and gesæt þæt lond and gedǽlde, 870; P. 76, 26.

eást-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
eást-lang, adj.
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D. v. 334, 28. v. west-lang; adj

eást-lang

(adv.)
Grammar
eást-lang, adv.
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Dele bracket, and add: v. west-lang; adv

eást-rihte

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Add: due east Beág þæt land þǽr eástryhte, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 14

eástsúþ-lang

Grammar
eástsúþ-lang, v. westnorþ-lang
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in Dict

eáþ-cnǽwe

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-cnǽwe, -cnáwe; adj.
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Easy to recognize Seó óðer conjugatio ys ful eáðcnǽwe (-cnáwe, v. l.), for ðan ðe ǽlc ðára worda þe geendað on eo, and se óðer hád on es, ys þǽre óðre geðeódnysse, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 147, 8

eáþ-fere

Grammar
eáþ-fere, l. -fére
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easy to travel. Cf. earfoþ-fére

éce

(adj.)
Grammar
éce, adj.
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from the creatures saved in the ark would come a progeny that would last till the end of time), Exod. 370.

eced-fæt

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Ecedfæt (ecet-, v. l.) acitabula (uas, quo fertur acetum ), Hpt. 31, 11, 217. Add

ecg-lást

(n.)
Grammar
ecg-lást, [The gender is doubtful, the word occurring both m. and f. in the only passage where it is found: lást a track is m.]
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hé ( the true gender of -lást?) is mildra ðonne middangeardes swétnissa; and seó winstre ecglást ðæs ilcan wæpnes hé is scearpra ðonne eal middangeard, Sal. K. p. 150, 14-22