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eapl

(n.)

an apple

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an apple, Cd. 222; Th. 290, 7; Sae. 411

-eáca

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-eáca, adj.

eáge

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Add: eáge, es Eáge yfel oculus malus, Scint. 102, 15. On prince eáges in ictu oculi, 43, 16. Hí ne móston cuman on his eágon gesihðe, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 10, Þú gesáwe mot on þínes bróðor eáge, and ne gesáwe cyp on þínum ágenum eágan, R. Ben. 12, 4. Fram

eálá

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Eálá ðú láreów O magister ... eálá, gif hé gecyrde intó ðǽre byrig pro, si remeasset in urbem, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 280, 4-8. Eálá reówlic tíd wæs þæs geáres, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 26. Eálá hú leás is þysses middaneardes wela, 219, 6. Eálá men þá leófestan, mycel

eald

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Add: of great age. of living creatures Ald senex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 47. Hú mæg man beón eft ácenned þonne hé bið eald (ald, L. R.)?, Jn. 3, 4. Ic eom eald tó híwigenne I am (too) old to pretend, Hml. S. 25, 94. Þá cyld ... and eác ðá ealdan ceorlas,

eáre

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Add: eár, es: an ear (part of the head) Inneweard eáre auris, útweard eáre auricula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 22, 23. Parotides eár*-*coðu, ota, g. ( = ὤτα, graece ) eár, i. 20, 1. Hé cearf of heora handa and eáran and nosa, Chr. 1014; P. 145, note 9. Égo,

earg

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Add: cowardly, timid, spiritless Earh tremibundus, i. pavidus, An. Ox. 1865: 4896. 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

earm

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Add: an arm Se earm betweónan elnbogan and hand*-*wyrste cubitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 61. Sum man feóll on íse ꝥ his earm tóbærst, Hml. S. 26, 34. Wearð Pirrus wund on óþran earme Pyrrhus transfixo brachio saucius, Ors. 4, 1; S. 158, 2. Earma lacertorum

earm

(adj.)
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wretched, unhappy. of persons Earm calamitosum (vulgus ), An. Ox. 4868. Ne meht þú cweðan ꝥ þú earm sé and ungesǽlig ( te existimari miserum ), Bt. 8; F. 24, 23. Ic earm tó þé cleopie; for þon on sáre míne geár syndon fornumene, Bl. H. 89, 13. Hí ácwealdon

ears

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Þæs earses ani, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 30. Add

earu

(adj.)
Grammar
earu, In the passage for earne might be read earmne ? or earhne, eargne? timid: <b>earwian</b> = gearwian.

Similar entry: ge-gearwian

eahta

Grammar
eahta, <b>; I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> with ordinals
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Þysne eahta-and-þrittigoþan sealm, Ps. Th. 38, arg. the abstract number eight Nim viii and sete hine on þám forman lyðe þæs þúman, Angl. viii. 326, 32

eald

Similar entry: fram-eald

eall

Grammar
eall, <b>. I 1 a.</b>
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Fram eallum costnungum tó ealre glædnysse, Hml. A. 26, 42. Farað intó ealne middaneard ( mundum uniuersum ), Mk. 16, 15. ꝥ Ealle þá .vii. dagas, Ll. Th. ii. 392, 13. <b>I 1 b.</b> add :-- Man déle æal healf ꝥ yrue, C.D. iii. 273, 5. <b&

earm

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Add: the arm of a cross Under þǽre róde swýðran earme, Vis. Lfc. 53

eástor-ǽfen

(n.)
Grammar
eástor-ǽfen, es; m.

Easter-evendies ante festum paschæ

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Easter-even; dies ante festum paschæ On eástor-ǽfen on easter-even, L. E. I. 41; Th. ii. 438, 24

ealu-benc

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-benc, ealo-benc, e; f.

An ale-bench scamnum cervĭsiam bibentium

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An ale-bench; scamnum cervĭsiam bibentium On ealu-bence on the ale-bench, Beo. Th. 5726; B. 2867

Linked entry: ealo-benc

eástor-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
eástor-tíd, e; f.

Easter-tide paschæ tempus

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Easter-tide; paschæ tempus In ða eástor-tíde in the easter-tide, Exon. 48 b; Th. 168, 10; Gú. 1075; Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 36

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

eástor-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
eástor-dæg, es; m.

Easter-day dies paschālis

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Easter-day; dies paschālis Ðý sylfan eástor-dæge on the same easter-day. Bd. 5, 23; S. 645, 36