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eten

Grammar
eten, = eton should eat, Gen. 3, 4; subj.
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of etan

eten

(n.)
Grammar
eten, es; m.

A giant gĭgas

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A giant; gĭgas, Ps. Spl. T. 32, 16: 18, 6

Linked entry: ent

eten-lǽs

(n.)
Grammar
eten-lǽs, (w)e; f.
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The common pasture land Þæt landstycce sceal beón nýhst etenlǽse (vicina compascuis, Latin version; cf. compascuus ager gemǽne lǽs, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 54), Ll. Th. i. 440, 15. Ofer wudu ofer feld ofer ecen lǽse (etenlǽse ?), C. D. v. 262, 18

Linked entry: lǽs

of-eten

(adj.)
Grammar
of-eten, adj.
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That has eaten excessively, fat Ofeten (ofer-?) obesus,i. pinguis, An. Ox. 22, 4

Linked entry: of-ǽte

ETAN

(v.)
Grammar
ETAN, to etanne; part. etende; ic ete, ðú etest, etst, itst, ytst, ætst, he, heó, hit, yt, ytt, et, ett, eteþ, ieteþ, iteþ, yteþ, pl. etaþ; p. ic, he æt, ðú ǽte, pl. ǽton; subj. indef. ic ete, æte, pl. eten; p. ǽte, pl. ǽten; pp. eten; v.a.

EAT, consume, devourĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre

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Etende eating, Ps. Th. 105, 17. Ic ete ĕdo, ðú etst [ytst MS. D.] es, he et [ett MS. C; ytt D.] est; we etaþ ĕdĭmus, gé etaþ ĕdiĭtis, hí etaþ ĕdunt, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 18, 19. ÐÚ itst oððe drincst thou eatest or drinkest, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 14.

ge-etan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-etan, p. ic, he ge-æt, ðú ge-ǽte, pl. ge-ǽton; pp. ge-eten

To eat togetherto eatto consumecomedereedere

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To eat together, to eat, to consume; comedere, edere Elnung húses ðínes geet mec [me æt, Bos.] Jn. Skt. Lind. 2, 17. Ðæt híg ǽton : ðá híggeeten hæfdon, híg wunedon ðǽr ut ederunt : cum comedissent, manserunt ibi, Gen. 31, 54. Gif ðú ðæs treówes wæstm

ete

(n.)
Grammar
ete, es; m.

Eating

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Eating Etes (étes = ǽtes?. v. ǽt) first manducandi spatium, Mk. L. R. 6, 31. Sé þe hine laðode tó ete (ad manducandum), Gr. D. 128, 33

Etne

(n.)
Grammar
Etne, Ætne, es; m.

Etna

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Etna Monna bearn Etne hátaþ the children of men call Etna, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 97; Met. 8, 49. Ðe Ætne hátte which is called Etna, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 20

etan

to devourconsumedestroy

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On ǽrmergen hé yteð (eteð, iteð, v. ll.) hlóþe, Bd. 1, 34; Sch. 104, 13. Ðæt folc ætt þæs lambes flǽsc, Hml. Th. ii. 266, 15. Drinc ꝥ wæter and et þá wyrta, Lch. ii. 110, 9. Etað þisne hláf, Hml. Th. ii. 266, 33. Ꝥ man gódne mete ete, Bl.

eton

Grammar
eton, should eat, Gen. 3, 4, = eten; subj. of etan

to eat

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to eat

Etna

(n.)
Grammar
Etna, indecl? Etne, Ætne, es; m.

Etna, the volcano of Sicily

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Etna, the volcano of Sicily; Ætna, æ; f. = Αἴτνη, ης; f. . Etna [MS. Eðna] ðæt sweflene fýr tácnode, dá hit upp of helle geate asprang on Sicilia ðam lande, and fela ofslóh mid bryne and mid stence [Ors. B. C. 458] Etna betokened the brimstone fire,

Linked entries: Ætne Etne

ettan

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To consume the produce of land, to graze land: Gif ceorlas gærstún hæbben gemǽnne oþþe óðer gedálland . . . and etten hiora gemǽnan æceras oþþe gærs (and (cattle) eat up their crops or grass), Ll. Th. i. 128, 7. Hé sǽde ðæt Norðmanna land wǽre swýþe

etol

(adj.)
Grammar
etol, adj.

Voracious, gluttonousĕdax

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Voracious, gluttonous; ĕdax Etol ĕdax, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 60; Som. 13, 44

Linked entry: ætol

etol

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Etol, gífre edax, i. vorax, vorator, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 29. Add

etere

(n.)
Grammar
etere, es; m.

EATER, a consumer, devourervŏrax

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An EATER, a consumer, devourer ; vŏrax Etere vŏrax, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11. 19. Eteras commessātōres. Prov. 18

ettan

(v.)

to pasture land depascĕre

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to pasture land; depascĕre Eal ðæt land ðæt man áðer oððe ettan oððe erian mæg all the land that they could either pasture or plough, Ors. I. I; Bos. 20, 41

éþel

fatherland

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Add Éþl clima, i. plaga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 74. in connexion with human beings. a person's native country, fatherland Ǽþel patria, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 40, All lond ł oeðel omnis regio, Mt. L. 3, 5. Þín wræcstów is þám monnum éþel þe þǽron geborene wǽran

efn-etan

(v.)
Grammar
efn-etan, to eat as much as any one? or

to become equal, to equal? par esse ălĭcui ĕdendo? æquāre, æmŭlāri

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to become equal, to equal? par esse ălĭcui ĕdendo? æquāre, æmŭlāri Ic mésan mæg meahtelícor and efn-etan ealdum þyrse I can feast more heartily and eat as much as the old giant. Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 28; Rä. 41, 63

Linked entry: efen-etan

éþ

(n.)
Grammar
éþ, e; f.

A waveunda

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A wave; unda Éþ unda, Ælfc. Gl. 98; Som. 76, 79; Wrt. Voc. 54, 23

etol

Similar entry: ofer-etol