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elm

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Elm ulmus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 4. Genim elmes rind, Lch. ii. 52, 9. Elmes drænc a drink made with elm rind, 66, 25. Cf. Elmleáh as a place name, C. D. iv. 70, 3, 13. Add

elm

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Helm ulmus, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 64. Add

ELM

(n.)
Grammar
ELM, ellm, es; m.

ELM, elm-tree ulmus

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An ELM, elm-tree; ulmus Genim elmes rinde take bark of elm, L. M. 1. 6; Lchdm. ii. 52, 9

Linked entry: ellm

elm-rind

(n.)
Grammar
elm-rind, e; f.

ELM-RIND or barkulmi cortex

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ELM-RIND or bark; ulmi cortex Elmrind bark of elm, L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 116, 2. Well elmrinde boil elm-rind, 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 5. Nim elmrinde take elm-rind, 1. 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 8: 3, 29; Lchdm. ii. 324, 15.

elm-boga

(n.)
Grammar
elm-boga, an; m.

An elbow cŭbĭtum

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An elbow; cŭbĭtum Gif se earm biþ forad búfan elmbogan if the arm be broken above the elbow, L. Alf. pol. 54; Th. i. 94, 24

elm-boga

Similar entry: eln-boga

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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[Early English, Wrt. spec. 35, án elne long: R. Glouc. 429, 3, elnen, pl: Plat. eel, f: Frs. jelne; O. Frs. ielne, elne, f: Dut. el, elle, f: Ger. elle, f: M. H. Ger. elne, eln, elline, ellen, f: O. H.

Linked entry: eln-gemet

ELE

(n.)
Grammar
ELE, es; m.

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:

Linked entries: æl ole

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.

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

elh

Grammar
elh, elha.

Similar entry: EOLH

ellm

(n.)
Grammar
ellm, es; m.

An elmulmus

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An elm; ulmus On ellmum in ulmis, L. Edg. C. 16; Wilk. 83, 47

ele

(n.)
Grammar
ele, es; m.
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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, 2-7.

el-

(prefix)
Grammar
el-, ele-

foreign, strange peregrínus, externus

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foreign, strange; peregrínus, externus

ell

(n.)
Grammar
ell, es; m. (v. u.) The letter l
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Uelim on ánum elle . . . uellem on twám ellum, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 200, 5, 6

élc

(n.; adj.; pronoun.)

each

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each, Mk. Skt. Rush. 16, 15

eom

(v.)
Grammar
eom, [eam, am], ðú eart [earþ, art, arþ], he is, ys;

I am, thou art, he is sum, es, est

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I am, thou art, he is; sum, es, est: pl. sind, sindon [synd, sint, synt, sient, sindan, sindun, syndon, syndan, syndun, siendon, seondon, seondan, siondon, siondan, syondon; earon, earun, earan, aron] : pl. we, ye, they are; sŭmus, estis, sunt: subj.

eom

(pronoun.)
Grammar
eom, = heom

to them illis

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to them; illis, Gen. 20, 8

eam

am

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am Ic eam biddende Drihten ad Deum deprĕcātus sum, Ps. Th. 141, 1. Ic eam leás écan dreámes I am bereft of eternal joy, Cd. 216; Th. 275, 7; Sat. 168: Exon. 10a; Th. 11, 8; Cri. 167: Exon. 36a; Th. 116, 34; Gú. 217: Mt. Rush. Stv. 11. 29

EÁM

(n.)
Grammar
EÁM, es; m.

EAM, uncle chiefly on the mother's side avuncŭlus

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An EAM, uncle chiefly on the mother's side; avuncŭlus Eám avuncŭlus. Wrt. Voc. 72, 42 : Beo. Th. 1766; B. 881: Exon. 112b; Th. 431, 35; Rā. 47, 6: Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 17. Nim ðé wif of Labanes dóhtrum ðínes eámes accĭpe tĭbi inde uxōrem de fīliābus