Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ece

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Hé wæs geþreád mid fefre . . . Þá ǽlce dæge weóx se ece and seó ádl hefegode correptus febri . . . Cum per dies singulos languor ingravesceret, Gr. D. 175, 17. Ðǽr ( in hell) is éce æce (ece, v. l. ), Wlfst. 114, 4. Nis þǽr ( in heaven ) ǽnig sár geméted

egor

Grammar
egor, nine ounces.
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Dele, and see next word

-eht

(suffix)
Grammar
-eht, -ehte. v. -iht(e).

-eáge

(suffix)
Grammar
-eáge, -eíge. v. or-eáge, or-eíge, walen-eáge, walen-eíge.

ecg

Similar entry: súþ-ecg

eges grime

(n.)
Grammar
eges grime, grimme, an; f.

A witch, sorceress ⬩ vĕnēfíca, malĕfĭca

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A witch, sorceress; vĕnēfíca, malĕfĭca, Som. Ben. Lye

eág-ece

(n.)
Grammar
eág-ece, es; m.

Eye-ache ⬩ ocŭlórum dŏlor

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Eye-ache; ocŭlórum dŏlor. Som. Ben. Lye

efn-eald

(adj.)

co-eval

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co-eval Efneald æquævus vel coætāneus, Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 56, 119; Wrt. Voc. 19, 3

efn-éðe

(adj.)
Grammar
efn-éðe, adj.

Equally easy ⬩ æque făcĭlis

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Equally easy; æque făcĭlis Is efnéðe up and of dúne to feallanne foldan ðisse it is equally easy for this earth to fall up and down, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 333; Met. 20, 167

ege-full

(adj.)
Grammar
ege-full, adj.

Fearful, terrible ⬩ terrĭbĭlis

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Fearful, terrible; terrĭbĭlis Mǽre God, and mihtig and egefull Deus magnus, et pŏtens et terrĭbĭlis, Deut. 10, 17. Hit wæs swíðe egefull it was very terrible, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 14

ege-healdan

(v.)

To hold in fear, correct ⬩ corrĭpĕre

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To hold in fear, correct; corrĭpĕre, Ps. Spl. T. 93, 10

ell-reord

(adj.)
Grammar
ell-reord, adj.

Foreign-speaking, barbarous ⬩ barbărus

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Foreign-speaking, barbarous; barbărus Eallum ellreordum cynnum cunctis barbăris nātiōnĭbus, Bd. 4, 2; S. 565, 31

ell-reordig

(adj.)
Grammar
ell-reordig, adj.

Foreign-speaking, barbarous ⬩ barbărus

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Foreign-speaking, barbarous; barbărus Oðer [heretoga] wæs ðam hǽðenan réþra and grimra forðon he ellreordig wæs alter [dux] quia barbărus ĕrat, pāgāno sævior, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 21, 24: 3, 6; S. 528, 10

ell-þeód

(n.)
Grammar
ell-þeód, ell-þiéd, e; f.

A strange people, foreign nation ⬩ pĕregrīna gens

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A strange people, foreign nation; pĕregrīna gens Hý fóron on ellþiéde they went into a foreign land, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 6

ell-þeódig

(adj.)
Grammar
ell-þeódig, -þiódig; adj.

Strange, foreign, a stranger, a foreigner

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Strange, foreign, a stranger, a foreigner Ellþeodigra of the foreigners, Cd. 89; Th. 110, 8; Gen. 1835: Lk. Lind. War. 17, 18: 24, 18

eal-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
eal-sealf, e; f. [eal all, sealf salve] The herb called the oak of Jerusalem or the oak of Cappadocia; ambrŏsia, Som. Ben. Lye:=ἀμβροσία a perfumed salve, a plant; ambrŏsia mărĭtĭma, Diosc. 3, 129, L. S. Lex. under ἀμβροσία.

eal-seolcen

(adj.)
Grammar
eal-seolcen, adj. All-silken; holosērĭcus = ὁλοσηρικός, Ælfc. Gl. 62; Som. 68, 92; Wrt. Voc. 40, 3.

Linked entry: seolucen

eal-werlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
eal-werlíce, adv.

All-manly, liberally, freely ⬩ prorsus virīlĭter, benigne

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All-manly, liberally, freely; prorsus virīlĭter, benigne Ealwerlíce [MS. ealwerlíc] dó Driht benigne fac Domine, Ps. Spl. 50, 19

Linked entry: werlíce

eal-wihta

all beings

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all beings

eal-wundor

(n.)

a very wonderful thing

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a very wonderful thing

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