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efen-þwær

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efen-þwær, l. -þwǽre,
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and add Efenþwǽre concordes, Angl. xiii. 367, 32

efesian

(v.)
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S. 32, 192. (2 a) with head as object :-- Wæs wel gecweden ðæt se efsigenda (efsienda, v. l.) efsode his heáfod bene dicitur: 'Tondentes tondent capita sua,' Past. 141, 3.

efete

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Efete (-a, v. l.) lacerta, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 310, 3. Add

efnes

(adv.)
Grammar
efnes, adv.
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L. 150

eft-ǽrist

(n.)
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L. 22, 23

Linked entry: ǽ-rist

eft-boren

(adj.; part.)
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L. R. 3, 5

eft-myndig

(adj.)
Grammar
eft-myndig, adj.
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L. 11, 21. Eftmyndigo recordati, Jn. L. 12, 16

Linked entries: eft-gemyndgian myndig

eft-sóna

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L. 5, 33: 13, 45: 20, 5.

eft-spellung

(n.)
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For Cot. 271 l. Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 36

ege-healdan

Grammar
ege-healdan, l.
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ege healdan

egeleáslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
egeleáslíce, adv.
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Without fear, unconcernedly Ðý lǽs hié siððangeearnigen swá micle hefigre wíte suá hié nú egeleáslícor and unnytlícor brúceð Godes giefe eo postmodum supplicia graviora mereantur, quo nunc largioribus bonis Dei male uti non metuunt, Past. 247, 10

egesfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
egesfullíce, adv.
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L. 138, 4. Óþer dæl wæs weallendum lígum ful swíðe egesfullíce flammis feruentibus nimium terribile, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 616, 5

eges lic

Grammar
eges lic, l. eges-lic,
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and add: threatening Egeslic terribilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 43. Egeslic nýten on sǽ oððe on lande belua, 77, 74. Egslic horrida, An. Ox. 50, 55. Se egeslica dómes dæg, Bl. H. 27, 27. Egeslices horrentis, An. Ox. 3635. Mid egeslicum gebode imperio terrente

egeþe

(n.)
Grammar
egeþe, an; f.
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L. Ger. egiða: O. H. Ger. egida erpica.] Cf. ecgan

Linked entry: egþa

Egipte

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(e)na Egiptena land, Angl. viii. 322, 3. Egiptna, Nar. 34, 34: 35, 20. Geseah ic miccle meniu Affricána and Egypta, Hml. S. 23 b, 346

ele-beám

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L. 11, 1: 14, 26. On móre oelebeáma (-beóma), 13, 3. Add

ele-greófa

(n.)
Grammar
ele-greófa, an; m.
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Ger. grinbo v. pfanna frixorium, cremium vel siccamina lignorum: Ger. griebe fibrous remains of lard, &c. after being fried) Elegreóuena naptarum (the passage is: incendia naptarum fomite succensa: cf. heordena, tyrwena naptarum, An.

Linked entry: greofa

ele-leást

(n.)
Grammar
ele-leást, e; f.
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Lack of oil For eleleáste, Gr. D. 44, 21

ele-lendisc

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L. 118, 54. Elelendisc extorrem, Hpt. Gl. 412, 74. Elendisc, An. Ox. 275. Æielendiscne, 11, 21. Add

ele-twíg

Grammar
ele-twíg, l. -twig,
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and add Eletwiges oleastri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 7

Linked entry: twig

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