Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

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éd-

(prefix)
Grammar
éd-, = ád

a funeral pile

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a funeral pile

ég-

(prefix)
Grammar
ég-, Used in composition
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water, sea; aqua, măre

éh-

(prefix)

water, used in composition

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water, used in composition

el-

(prefix)
Grammar
el-, ele-

foreign, strange ⬩ peregrínus, externus

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foreign, strange; peregrínus, externus

Linked entries: þeód þeódisc elle elles

él

(n.)

an eel

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an eel, Som. Ben. Lye

eó

(n.)
Grammar
eó, the Runic character for these letters is
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RUNE. v. eóh=íw a yew-tree

ér

(adv.)

ere, before

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ere, before. Th. Diplm. A. D. 830; 465, 30

-es

(suffix)
Grammar
-es, is the termination of adverbs in many cases where the noun is not so formed; as nihtes by night, nightly; nédes

of necessity, necessarily

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of necessity, necessarily

ex

(n.)

an axis ⬩ axis

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an axis; axis, Som. Ben. Lye

eal

(n.)
Grammar
eal, e; f.

An awl ⬩ subŭla

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An awl; subŭla Þurhþyrlige his eáre mid eale [mid áne eale, Roff.] perfŏret aurem illīus subŭla, L. Alf. 11; Wilk. 29, 12

el

(n.)
Grammar
el, pl. elle
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other Elle (ðá oðero, L.) genóman æsnas his reliqui tenuerunt servos ejus, Mt. R. 22, 6

ex

Similar entry: exe

-en

(suffix)

Similar entry: scerwen

-el

(suffix)
Grammar
-el, -ol, a termination denoting persons, as, Fórrídel an outrider; býdel a herald. It denotes also inanimate objects; as, Gyrdel a girdle; stýpel

a steeple

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a steeple

em-

(prefix)
Grammar
em-, in composition, denotes even, equal: v. efen even, emb about.

Linked entry: am-

-es

(suffix)
Grammar
-es, is the termination of the genitive case singular, in the greater part of Anglo-Saxon nouns. — Cyninges botl a king's palace. — Abrahames God

Abraham's God

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In English e is omitted, but its place is denoted by an apostrophe

ex

(n.)
Grammar
ex, e; f.

An axe ⬩ secūris

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An axe; secūris

eár

(prep.)
Grammar
eár, before. Chr. 1041; Th. 299, 15, col. 1.

Similar entry: ǽr

eal

Similar entry: eall

eal-

(prefix)

Linked entry: meahtig

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