feld-elfen
A wood fairy ⬩ nymph ⬩ hămādryas ⬩ άμαδρυάs
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A wood fairy or nymph; hămādryas = άμαδρυάs Feld-elfen moides? Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 79, 109; Wrt. Voc. 60, 16
Linked entry: feld-ælfen
feld-elfen
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Feldælbinne oððe elfenne amadriades, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 14. Add
el-lende
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Afiniculum ellende a finibus procul, Txts. 39, 99. Dele last two quotations, and add
el-land
A foreign country, strange land ⬩ externa terra
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A foreign country, strange land; externa terra Mægþ sceal, geómormód, elland tredan a maiden, sad of mind, shall tread a strange land. Beo. Th. 6031; B. 3019
ell
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Uelim on ánum elle . . . uellem on twám ellum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 200, 5, 6
el-lende
Strange, foreign ⬩ extĕrus, peregrīnus
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In ellende in foreign land, afar, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 33: 25, 14
ELE
OIL ⬩ ŏleum
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OIL; ŏleum Eles gecynd is ðæt he wile oferstígan ǽlcne wǽtan: ageót ele uppon wæter oððe on óðrum wǽtan, se ele flýt bufon: ageót wæter uppon ðone ele, and se ele abrecþ up and swimþ bufon it is the nature of oil that it will rise above every fluid:
éle
a lamprey
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a lamprey, Som. Ben. Lye
ele
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Add: and n. Balzamum se deórweorðesta ele, Nar. 36, 32. Wé tó dæg sceolan dǽlan úrne ele on þreó wísan gehálgodne . . . hálig ele, óþer is crisma, and seóccra manna ele: and gé sceolan habban þreó ampullan gearuwe tó þam þrým elum, Ll. Th. ii. 390, 2
eln
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Eln ulna, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 10. Cubitum fæðm betwux elboga[n] and handwyrste, palmus span vel handbred, ulna eln vel spanning betwux þúman and scitefingre, 43, 51-53. Hé geseah hí úp áhefene swá swá mannes elne fram þǽre eorðan, Hml. S. 23 b, 274. Add
ellor-fús
Desirous or ready to go elsewhere, ready to depart ⬩ pĕregre eundi cŭpĭdus, ăliorsum īre părātus
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Desirous or ready to go elsewhere, ready to depart; pĕregre eundi cŭpĭdus, ăliorsum īre părātus Óþ-ðæt gást, ellorfús, gangan sceolde to Godes dóme until his spirit, ready to depart, must go to God's judgment, Cd. 79; Th. 97, 7; Gen. 1609. He his hláford
Elmed-sǽte
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The inhabitants of Elmet, the ancient British Loidis, an independent district in Yorkshire Elmedsǽtan (Elmet-, Elmeth- in Latin MSS.) landes is syx hund hýda, C. D. B. i. 414, 17. Cf. In monasterio . . . quod est in silua Elmete, Bd. 2, 14
elpend-bǽnen
Ivory
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Ivory Of þínum elpanbǽnenum húsum . . . Þá elpanbǽnenan hús tácniað rihtwísra manna heortan, Ps. Th. 44, 10. From stepum elpanbaennum a gradibus eburneis, Ps. Srt. 44, 9
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elpend-tóþ
An elephant's tooth ⬩ ĕlephantis dens
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An elephant's tooth; ĕlephantis dens, Cot. 78
elpend-bán
ivory
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An elephant's tusk, ivory Elpendbaan, elpendesbán ebor; Txts. 59, 713. Elpanbán oððe elpend (= elpendbán?; but cf. O. H. Ger. elafant ebor; elefant-ín, -isc eburneus) ebor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 73. Úton his brýdbúras wǽron elpendbánum geworhte, Nar. 5,
elpend-tóþ
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An elephant's tusk Elpendtóþ eburneus dens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 37
hors-elene
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Horselene helena, An. Ox. 56, 413. Add
hors-elene
Elecampane; ⬩ inula helenium,
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Elecampane; inula helenium, Lchdm. iii. 333, col. 1. Horshelene helena, Ælfc. Gl. 44; Som. 64, 68; Wrt. Voc. 32, 4. Horselene, Wrt. Voc. 79, 42