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Anglo-Saxon

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eáre-finger

Similar entry: eár-finger

earg-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
earg-lic, adj.
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Cowardly, craven, timid Ne gewurðe hit ná on lífe ꝥ wé álecgan úre wuldor mid earhlicum fleáme, Hml. S. 25, 661. Ful earhlice laga ( laws that only cowards would submit to ) and scandlice nýdgyld ús synt gemǽne, Wlfst. 162, 10. Cwæð hé earhlicon wordum

earm-sceapen

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Substitute: Miserable, wretched. suffering misfortune, hardship, &c. Gewát þá earmsceapen ( Nebuchadnezzar ) eft síðian, nacod nýdgenga, wundorlic wræcca tó mancynne, Dan. 632. Ne mihte earmsceapen ( the youth about to be eaten by the cannibals

earm-swíþ

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For Cot. 133: 200 substitute Ðǽm earmswíðum lacertosis (viiribus ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 41: 52, 27

ears-ende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ears-ende, m.
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Substitute: <b>ears-endu;</b> pl. n. The buttocks Ears*-*endu nates, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 36: Lch. i. lxxi, 9. Earsenda, lxxiv, 19: Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 61: ii. 60, 38

hearh-eard

(n.)
Grammar
hearh-eard, (?)
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a grove-dwelling (?), a dwelling in a grove, a grove as a dwelling, Hét mec hláford mín herheard niman (cf. héht mec mon wunian on wuda bearwe, 27. Cf. too, the phrase úpeard niman, Gú. 1051

open-ears

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Add:

earh-faru

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Aerigfaerae, Txts. 151, 10. Add

ears-gang

Grammar
ears-gang, <b>; II.</b>
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ꝥ meox his argancges and his micgan stercus et urinam, Chrd. 69, 29. Add

up-eard

(n.)
Grammar
up-eard, es; m.

A dwelling on high

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A dwelling on high Ic eom síþes fús upeard niman, Exon. Th. 166, 31; Gú. 1051

wín-eard

Similar entry: wín-geard

open-ears

(n.)
Grammar
open-ears, -ærs, es; m.

A medlar ⬩ mespila

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A medlar; mespila,Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 50

earh-geblond

wave-mingling

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wave-mingling, Elen. Kmbl. 477; El. 239

earm-swíþ

(adj.)
Grammar
earm-swíþ, adj.

Arm-powerful, muscular, strong ⬩ lacertōsus

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Arm-powerful, muscular, strong; lacertōsus, Cot. 123: 200

éðel-eard

(n.)
Grammar
éðel-eard, es; m.

A native dwelling ⬩ patrium domĭcĭlium

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A native dwelling; patrium domĭcĭlium Abraham wunode éðeleardum Abraham abode in the native dwellings, Cd. 92; Th. 116, 33; Gen. 1945

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

ealu-clýfe

(n.)

an ale-house

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an ale-house, Som. Ben. Lye

ealu-geweorc

ale-brewing

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ale-brewing

ealu-malt

malt used for making ale

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malt used for making ale

ealu-wǽge

(n.)
Grammar
ealu-wǽge, es; n.

An ale-cup ⬩ pătĕra, scyphus

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An ale-cup; pătĕra, scyphus Dóhtor Hróþgáres eorlum ealuwǽge bær Hrothgar's daughter bore the ale-cup to the earls, Beo. Th. 4047; B. 2021

Linked entry: ealo-wǽge

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