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ear

(n.)
Grammar
ear, ær, es; m.

Sea, oceanmăre, oceănus

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Sea, ocean; măre, oceănus Hyre [dúne] deorc on lást eare geblonden óðer fereþ dark on its [the down's] track goes another mixed with the ocean, Exon. 101b; Th. 384, 3; Rä. 4, 22

Linked entries: æchir ær eher geher

agu

(n.)

A piemagpiepica

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A pie, magpie; pica, Ælfc. Gl, 38; Som. 63, 22; Wrt. Voc. 29, 43

Élíg

(n.)
Grammar
Élíg, e; f. [él = ǽl an eel, íg an island]

The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi

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Hér Sc̃e Æðeldryht ongon ðæt mynster æt Élíge in this year [A. D. 673] St. Ætheldryth began the monastery at Ely, Chr. 673; Th. 58, 4.

ágen

(n.; v.; adj.; part.)
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Ǽnigum folce his ǽgenu ǽ gelícade tó healdenne, Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 19. Þæs wæteres ágnu cýþ is on eorþan, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 14. Þis is mín ágen cýð, Met. 24, 49. Ágen vel gecynde sprǽc idioma, proprietas linguae , Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 46.

et-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
et-lic, (ét- = ǽt-?); adj.

To eat

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To eat, for eating Huoethuoego ꝥte étlic (ettlic, R ) sé aliquid quod manducetur, Lk. L. 24, 41

Linked entry: ǽt-lic

æppel

(n.)
Grammar
æppel, nom. ac. pl. æp(p)la, ap(p)la, æpplas (apples of eye); gen. pl. appla, æpplena; m.: appla (-u, v. finger-æppel), æppel (? æppel mala, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 40); n.

an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple)an apple-shaped objectan eye-ball

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Se óðer æppel wæs geémtigod, and se óðer hangode gehál æt his hleóre, Hml. S. 21, 280. Beóð ðá æplas hále . . . sió scearpnes ðæs æples (æpples, Hatt. MS.) . . . Ðurh ðone æpl ðæs eágean, Past. 68, 2, 4, 17.

a-bet

(adv.)
Grammar
a-bet, adv.

Bettermelius

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Better; melius Hwæðer ðé se ende abet lícian wille whether the end will better please thee. Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 23

ÆSP

(n.)
Grammar
ÆSP, e; f: æspe, an; f.

An ASP or aspen-treepopulus tremula

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An ASP or aspen-tree; populus tremula Æspan rind the rind of the asp-tree, L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm, ii. 116, 1

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æsul

(n.)
Grammar
æsul, es; m.

An assasinus

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An ass; asinus, Mt. Rush. Kmbl. 21, 2

ǽte

(n.)
Grammar
ǽte, an; f. pl. ǽtan; g. ǽtena

Oatsavena sativa

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Oats; avena sativa, L.M. 1, 35; Lchdm, ii. 84, 5

æxe

(n.)
Grammar
æxe, an; f.

Ashes

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Ashes, Ps. Spl. T. 101, 10

a-gól

(v.; part.)
Grammar
a-gól, p. of a-galan,

sangcantavit

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sang; cantavit,Beo. Th. 3047; B. 1521;

Afen

(n.)
Grammar
Afen, Afn, e; f: Afene, an; f.

AVON

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AVON, the name of a river in Somersetshire East óþ Afene múþan east at the Avon's mouth. Chr. 918; Th. 190, 4. also of other rivers in different parts of England Into Afenan múþan into Avon's mouth, Chr. 1067; Th. 342, 5

a-fúl

(n.)
Grammar
a-fúl, es; n.

A faultculpa

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A fault; culpa

á-bet

Grammar
á-bet, v. á, <b>B. IV.</b>.

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afol

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-ǽte

(suffix)
Grammar
-ǽte, v. micel-, ofer-ǽte.

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áge

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ge-etan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-etan, p. ic, he ge-æt, ðú ge-ǽte, pl. ge-ǽton; pp. ge-eten

To eat togetherto eatto consumecomedereedere

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To eat together, to eat, to consume; comedere, edere Elnung húses ðínes geet mec [me æt, Bos.] Jn. Skt. Lind. 2, 17. Ðæt híg ǽton : ðá híggeeten hæfdon, híg wunedon ðǽr ut ederunt : cum comedissent, manserunt ibi, Gen. 31, 54.

-þanca

(suffix)
Grammar
-þanca, v. æf-, ymb-þanca.

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