eald-spræc
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An old form of words, a proverb, byword þú hæfst ús gedón tó ealdsprǽce, þæt óðre þeóda nyton hwæt hý elles sprecon búton úre bysmer posuisti nos in similitudinem gentibus, Ps. Th. 43, 16
eall-godwebb
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All of silk (or a garment made all of silk? Cf. oloserica .i. vestis tota ex serico, Hpt. Gl. 480, 64) Ealgodwebbum elosericis (l. olo- ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 17
eard-gyf
eáre
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Icel. eyra a handle on a pot, see N. E. D. ear, ll. 8, and next word
earfoþ-líce
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Ðone þurst wé earfoðlíce ( vix ) ábǽron, Nar. 7, 30: Homl. Th. i. 86, 8, 14.
earfoþ-rihte
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Hard to correct, incorrigible Gif hé þwur sý . . . oððe earfoðrihte, Nap. 19
Linked entry: -rihte
earg
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Þone ungemetlíce eargan þe him ondrǽt máre þonne hé þurfe pavidus ac fugax non metuenda formidat, Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 21. Earge ignavi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 13: inertes, 92, 36.
Linked entry: fræt
earn-geáp
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Ear[n]geát, 280, 2: ii. 7, 58. Arngeát, Hpt. 33, 239, 8
earning-land
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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
ears-ende
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Substitute: <b>ears-endu;</b> pl. n. The buttocks Ears*-*endu nates, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 36: Lch. i. lxxi, 9. Earsenda, lxxiv, 19: Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 61: ii. 60, 38
Eáster-symbel
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The Passover On ðǽm dæge gearuadon hiora mett tó Eástrosymble, Jn. 19, 42 margin
Linked entry: symbel
eáste-weard
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From eástewearde middangearde ab oriente, Nar. 25, 24. On eásteweardre (eástwarde, v. l.) Cent ad orientalem Cantiae plagam, 893; P. 84, 5; Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 51, 18. On ðá foryrðe eástewerde, C. D. iii. 449, 32.
eást-portic
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An east porch or portico Þæt eástportic wæs on lenge twéntig fæðma be þæs temples wídnysse and wæs týn fæðma wíd, Hml. Th. ii. 578, 12
eást-stæþ
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The east bank of a stream Of Afenan eáststaðæ, C. D. v. 216, 35
eást-þeód
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An eastern people Þǽm eástþeódum gewelgode orientis provinciis ditati, Nar. 3, 26
eáþ-bylgness
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Readiness to anger, irascibility Eáðbylhnyssa gást, Nap. 24
Linked entry: iþ-belig
ed-mǽle
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A season which recurs (?), festival Edmélu sacra orgia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 69
Linked entry: -mǽle
ed-níwinga
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Wé ðǽr eft edniówunga hæfdon micel gefeoht, Nar. 17, 21. Add
Linked entry: níwunga
efen-apostol
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Mid mínum efuapostolum, Nap. 19. Efneapostolas, 16