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eador

(adv.)
Grammar
eador, adv.

Together ⬩ una, simul

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Together; una, simul Eall eador all together, Cd. 119; Th. 154, 18; Gen. 2557. Ðá wæs eall eador [geador, Kmbl.] there was all together, Andr. Recd. 3253; An. 1629

Linked entry: geador

ge-dærsted

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dærsted, part. [dærst leaven]

Leavened ⬩ fermented ⬩ fermentatus

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Leavened, fermented; fermentatus Gedærsted is all fermentatum est totum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 33. Óþ-ðæt sié gedærsted oððe gecnoeden all donec fermentaretur totum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 21

Linked entry: -dærsted

Lǽden-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
Lǽden-sprǽc, e; f.
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The Latin speech or language Ealle naman lédensprǽce [also lédenre sprǽce] all Latin nouns, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 55. On lédensprǽce, 2; Som. 2, 47. Hálige láreówas hit áwriton on lédensprǽce, Homl. Skt. p. 6, 51. Se cræft geopenaþ lédensprǽce [MS.

hláford-gift

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-gift, hláford-gift, es; m. or n.
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Rǽdgiftes ł hláforddómes, hláfordgiftes consulatus, i. principatus (the passage is: Si cogente peregrinandi necessitate ilia, cui consulatus vice regimen caeterarum commissum est, externa quaerere regna maluerit, Ald. 5, 26), Hpt. Gl. 412, 65.

eal-niwe

all-new, quite new

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all-new, quite new

ealu-malt

malt used for making ale

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malt used for making ale

aloþ

(n.)

ale

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ale Wulfréd scolde gifan twá tunnan fulle hlutres aloþ, and ten mittan Wælsces aloþ Wulfred should give two tuns full of clear ale, and ten mittan or measures of Welsh ale, Chr. 852; Ing. 93, 16: Th. Diplm. A. D. 791-796; 40, 4, 5, 6: A.

B

Grammar
B, THE sound of b is produced by the lips; hence it is called a labial consonant, and has the same sound in Anglo-Saxon as in English. In all languages, and especially in the dialects of cognate languages, the letters employing the same organs of utterance are continually interchanged. In Anglo-Saxon, therefore, we find that b interchanges with the other labials, f and
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  Eng. graƀan = grafan = engrave klioƀan = cleófan = cleave geƀan = gifan = give The Runic letter ᛒ not only stands for the letter B, b, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon beorc the birch-tree

eall-íren

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-íren, adj.

All of iron ⬩ omnīno ferrĕus

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All of iron; omnīno ferrĕus He héht gewyrcean eall-írenne wígbord wrætlíc he commanded a wondrous battle-shield, all of iron, to be made, Beo. Th. 4665; B. 2338

Linked entry: eal-íren

ealu-scóp

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-scóp, eala-scóp, es; m.

An ale-poet

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An ale-poet We lǽraþ, ðæt ǽnig preóst ne beó ealu-scóp we teach that no priest be an ale-poet, L. Edg. C. 58; Th. ii. 256, 15

Linked entry: eala-scóp

háw

(n.; suffix)
Grammar
háw, Kemble says, ' In all probability, a look out, or prospect'; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

self-willes

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Syl(f)willes ultronea (Victoria . . . ultronea spospondit se . . . pulsaturam, Ald. 69, 15), An. Ox. 4862

fen-ýce

(n.)
Grammar
fen-ýce, fen-ýce, -úce, an; f.

A snail ⬩ tortoise

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Mé is snægl swiftra, snelra, regnwyrm, and fenýce fóre hreðre lumbricus et limax et tarda testudo palustris me vincunt certamine currus (Ald. 272, 2), Rä. 41, 70. Substitute:

ge-regnong

(n.)
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Geregnong confectio (cf. robetae et spalangii pestifera confectio, Ald. 25, 16). [The gloss to this passage in Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 45 is gereohnung (l. geregnung? or geréonung? v. gereónian)], Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 12

ge-wén

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wén, p. ge-wéde; pp. ge-wéd
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Ðone hió gewéde obuncabat (quem nefandis ulnarum gremiis procax obuncabat, Ald. 40, 11. Cf. obuncabat, i. reflectebat beclypte, gebígede, An. Ox. 2956), Angl. xiii. 33, 155. Gewéd obliquus, Lch. i. lxi, 7; Hpt. 31, 9, 168

ealu-clýfe

(n.)

an ale-house

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an ale-house, Som. Ben. Lye

eal-hús

(n.)

an ale-house

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an ale-house, Som. Ben. Lye

ealu-gál

(adj.)

ale-drunken

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ale-drunken, v. ealo-gal

ealo-wósa

(n.)
Grammar
ealo-wósa, an; m.

Ale-wetter or drinker ⬩ cervĭsiæ inebriātor vel pōtor

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Ale-wetter or drinker; cervĭsiæ inebriātor vel pōtor Sumum yrrum ealowósan, were wínsadum from one irritated as an ale-drinker, a wine-sated man. Exon. 87 b; Th. 330, 10; Vy. 49

Linked entries: ealu-wósa -wósa

eall-godwebb

(adj.)
Grammar
eall-godwebb, adj. (or noun?)
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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

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