Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ex

(n.)

an axis ⬩ axis

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an axis; axis, Som. Ben. Lye

eá

Grammar
eá, interject.
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Eálá eá! is ꝥ þonne forweorþfullic wela?, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 14. Eálá wuldor þisse worulde, eá! for hwí ðé hátan dysige men wuldor?, 30, 1; F. 108, 2. Eálá (eá, v. l. ) mín cild, eá!, 34, 12; F. 154, 9. Add

eád

(adj.)
Grammar
eád, adj.
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Substitute: <b>eád;</b> adj. (?) Ic þé eád mǽg (eádge(-ig) mǽg? or eád-mǽg, cf. wyn-mǽg?) yfla gehwylces ór gecýðe oð ende forð, Jul. 352. On þæt eáde (ealde?) riht according to the ancient right, Exod. 186

el

(n.)
Grammar
el, pl. elle
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other Elle (ðá oðero, L.) genóman æsnas his reliqui tenuerunt servos ejus, Mt. R. 22, 6

eld

Similar entry: ild

ex

Similar entry: exe

-en

(suffix)

Similar entry: scerwen

end

(con.)
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and End (aend) swelce atqueve, Txts. 37, 75. End, 430, 15: 453, 29: 446, 29: Mk. p. 1, 13. Þín bén is gehýred, end þín wíf gebereð sunu, Archiv cxxii. 253, 91

éc

(con.)
Grammar
éc, conj.

EKE, also ⬩ etiam

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EKE, also; etiam Ða us éc bewrǽcon who also have sent us forth. Cd. 189; Th. 235, 12; Dan. 305: 151; Th. 190, 5; Exod. 194. Éc sceoldon his þegnas ðǽr gewunian his followers must also inhabit there, 220; Th. 284, 23; Sat. 326: Beo. Th. 6254, note; B.

Linked entry: EÁC

édo

(n.)

a flock ⬩ grex

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a flock; grex Ge-eode [MS. ge-eáde] all suner vel édo in sǽ ăbiit tōtus grex in măre, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 32

ég

(n.)
Grammar
ég, e; f.

Water, sea ⬩ aqua, măre

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Water, sea; aqua, măre. Used to denote,—The sea coast Blecinga ég Blekingley, the coast of the Blekingians, Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 22, 1. Scon-ég Sconey

Linked entry: ége

-el

(suffix)
Grammar
-el, -ol, a termination denoting persons, as, Fórrídel an outrider; býdel a herald. It denotes also inanimate objects; as, Gyrdel a girdle; stýpel

a steeple

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a steeple

eld

(n.)

age

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age Sió forme eld the first age, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 7; Met. 8, 4: Bt. 15; Fox 48, 2

Linked entry: ild

em-

(prefix)
Grammar
em-, in composition, denotes even, equal: v. efen even, emb about.

Linked entry: am-

én

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
én, = ǽn=án- one, as, — ǽn-líc, q. v. = án-líc; én-wintre one winter, q. v. én-líc = án-líc, q. v; én-lípig = án-lípig, q. v.

énd

(adv.)
Grammar
énd, adv.

Formerly, of old ⬩ prius, ólim

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Formerly, of old; prius, ólim Ic adreág fela siððan ðú énd to me in síðadest I have suffered much since thou didst come to me of old, Exon. 120b; Th. 463, 16; Hö. 71

-end

(suffix)
Grammar
-end, es; m.
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Wegferend, es; m. a way-faring man. the ending of nouns, denoting the agent

-es

(suffix)
Grammar
-es, is the termination of the genitive case singular, in the greater part of Anglo-Saxon nouns. — Cyninges botl a king's palace. — Abrahames God

Abraham's God

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Abraham's God. In English e is omitted, but its place is denoted by an apostrophe

ex

(n.)
Grammar
ex, e; f.

An axe ⬩ secūris

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An axe; secūris

Ex

(n.)
Grammar
Ex, es; m: Exa, an; m.

The river Ex ⬩ Isca, in Devon ⬩ Exan ceaster, Exan múþa

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The river Ex; Isca, in Devon, v. Exan ceaster, Exan múþa

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