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efstan, w. v. , _to be in haste, to hasten_: inf. uton nū efstan, _let us
hurry now_, 3102; pret. efste mid elne, _hastened with heroic strength_,
1494.

eft, adv. : l) _thereupon, afterwards_: 56, 1147, 2112, 3047, etc. ; eft sōna
bið, _then it happens immediately_, 1763; bōt eft cuman, _help come again_,
281. --2) _again, on the other side_: þæt hine on ylde eft gewunigen
wilgesīðas, _that in old age again_ (also on their side) _willing
companions should be attached to him_, 22;--_anew, again_: 135, 604, 693,
1557, etc. ; eft swā ǣr, _again as formerly_, 643. --3) retro, rursus,
_back_: 123, 296, 854, etc. ; þæt hig æðelinges eft ne wēndon (_did not
believe that he would come back_), 1597.

eft-cyme, st. m. , _return_: gen. sg. eftcymes, 2897.

eft-sīð, st. m. , _journey back, return_: acc. sg. 1892; gen. sg. eft-sīðes
georn, 2784; acc. pl. eftsīðas tēah, _went the road back_, i. e. returned,
1333.

egesa, egsa (_state of terror_, active or passive): l) _frightfulness_:
acc. sg. þurh egsan, 276; gen. egesan ne gȳmeð, _cares for nothing
terrible, is not troubled about future terrors_(? ), 1758. --2) _terror,
horror, fear_: nom. sg. egesa, 785; instr. sg. egesan, 1828, 2737. --Comp. :
glēd-, līg-, wæter-egesa.

eges-full, adj. , _horrible (full of fear, fearful)_, 2930.

eges-līc, adj. , _terrible, bringing terror_: of Grendel's head, 1650; of
the beginning of the fight with the drake, 2310; of the drake, 2826.

egle, adj. , _causing aversion, hideous_: nom. pl. neut. , or, more probably,
perhaps, adverbial, egle (MS. egl), 988.

egsian (denominative from egesa), w. v. , _to have terror, distress_: pret.
(as pluperf. ) egsode eorl(? ), 6.

ehtian, w. v. , _to esteem, to make prominent with praise_: III. pl. pres.
þæt þē . . . weras ehtigað, _that thee men shall esteem, praise_, 1223.

elde (_those who generate_, cf. O. N. al-a, generare), st. m. only in the
pl. , _men_: dat. pl. eldum, 2215; mid eldum, _among men_, 2612. --See ylde.

eldo, st. f. , _age_: instr. sg. eldo gebunden, 2112.

el-land, st. n. , _foreign land, exile_: acc. sg. sceall . . . elland tredan,
(_shall be banished_), 3020.

ellen, st. n. , _strength, heroic strength, bravery_: nom. sg. ellen, 573;
eafoð and ellen, 903; Gēata . . . eafoð and ellen, 603; acc. sg. eafoð and
ellen, 2350; ellen cȳðan, _show bravery_, 2696; ellen fremedon, _exercised
heroic strength, did heroic deeds_, 3; similarly, ic gefremman sceal eorlīc
ellen, 638; ferh ellen wræc, _life drove out the strength_, i. e. with the
departing life (of the dragon) his strength left him, 2707; dat. sg. on
elne, 2507, 2817; as instr. þā wæs æt þām geongum grim andswaru ēðbegēte
þām þe ǣr his elne forlēas, _then it was easy for_ (every one of) _those
who before had lost his hero-courage, to obtain rough words from the young
man_ (Wīglāf), 2862; mid elne, 1494, 2536; elne, alone, in adverbial sense,
_strongly, zealously_, and with the nearly related meaning, _hurriedly,
transiently_, 894, 1098, 1968, 2677, 2918; gen. sg. elnes læt, 1530; þā him
wæs elnes þearf, 2877. --Comp. mægen-ellen.

ellen-dǣd, st. f. , _heroic deed_: dat. pl. -dǣdum, 877, 901.

ellen-gǣst, st. m. , _strength-spirit, demon with heroic strength_: nom. sg.
of Grendel, 86.

ellen-līce, adv. , _strongly, with heroic strength_, 2123.

ellen-mǣrðu, st. f. , _renown of heroic strength_, dat. pl. -mǣrðum, 829,
1472.

ellen-rōf, adj. , _renowned for strength_: nom. sg. 340, 358, 3064; dat. pl.
-rōfum, 1788.

ellen-sēoc, adj. , _infirm in strength_: acc. sg. þēoden ellensīocne (_the
mortally wounded king, Bēowulf_), 2788.

ellen-weorc, st. n. , (_strength-work_), _heroic deed, achievement in
battle_: acc. sg. 662, 959, 1465, etc. ; gen. pl. ellen-weorca, 2400.

elles, adv. , _else, otherwise_: a (modal), _in another manner_, 2521. --b
(local), elles hwǣr, _somewhere else_, 138; elles hwergen, 2591.

ellor, adv. , _to some other place_, 55, 2255.

ellor-gāst, -gǣst, st. m. , _spirit living elsewhere_ (standing outside of
the community of mankind): nom. sg. se ellorgāst (Grendel), 808; (Grendel's
mother), 1622; ellorgǣst (Grendel's mother), 1618; acc. pl. ellorgǣstas,
1350.

ellor-sīð, st. m. , _departure, death_: nom. sg. 2452.

elra, adj. (comparative of a not existing form, ele, Goth. aljis, alius),
_another_: dat. sg. on elran men, 753.

el-þēodig, adj. , _of another people: foreign_: acc. pl. el-þēodige men,
336.

ende, st. m. , _the extreme_: hence, 1) _end_: nom. sg. aldres (līfes) ende,
823, 2845; oð þæt ende becwōm (scil. unrihtes), 1255; acc. sg. ende
līfgesceafta (līfes, lǣn-daga), 3064, 1387, 2343; hæfde eorðscrafa ende
genyttod, _had used the end of the earth-caves_ (had made use of the caves
for the last time), 3047; dat. sg. ealdres (līfes) æt ende, 2791, 2824;
eoletes æt ende, 224. --2) _boundary_: acc. sg. sīde rīce þæt hē his selfa
ne mæg . . . ende geþencean, _the wide realm, so that he himself cannot
comprehend its boundaries_, 1735. --3) _summit, head_: dat. sg. eorlum on
ende, _to the nobles at the end_ (the highest courtiers), 2022. --Comp.
woruld-ende.

ende-dæg, st. m. , _last day, day of death_: nom. sg. 3036; acc. sg. 638.

ende-dōgor, st. m. , _last day, day of death_: gen. sg.
bēga on wēnum
endedōgores and eftcymes lēotes monnes (_hesitating between the belief in
the death and in the return of the dear man_), 2897.

ende-lāf, st. f. , _last remnant_: nom. sg. þū eart ende-lāf ūsses cynnes,
_art the last of our race_, 2814.

ende-lēan, st. n. , _final reparation_: acc. sg. 1693.

ende-sǣta, w. m. , _he who sits on the border, boundary-guard_: nom. sg.
(here of the strand-watchman), 241.

ende-stæf, st. m. (elementum finis), _end_: acc. sg. hit on endestæf eft
gelimpeð, _then it draws near to the end_, 1754.

ge-endian, w. v. , _to end_: pret. part. ge-endod, 2312.

enge, adj. , _narrow_: acc. pl. enge ānpaðas, _narrow paths_, 1411.

ent, st. m. , _giant_: gen. pl. enta ǣr-geweorc (the sword-hilt out of the
dwelling-place of Grendel), 1680; enta geweorc (the dragon's cave), 2718;
eald-enta ǣr-geweorc (the costly things in the dragon's cave), 2775.

entisc, adj. , _coming from giants_: acc. sg. entiscne helm, 2980.

etan, st. v. , _to eat, to consume_: pres. sg. III. blōdig wæl . . . eteð
ān-genga, _he that goes alone_ (Grendel) _will devour the bloody corpse_,
448; inf. Gēatena lēode . . . etan, 444.

þurh-etan, _to eat through_: pret. part. pl. nom. swyrd . . . þurhetone,
_swords eaten through_ (by rust), 3050.

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ēc. See ēac.

ēce, adj. , _everlasting_; nom. ēce drihten (God), 108; acc. sg. ēce
eorðreced, _the everlasting earth-hall_ (the dragon's cave), 2720; gecēas
ēcne rǣd, _chose the everlasting gain_ (died), 1202; dat. sg. ēcean
dryhtne, 1693, 1780, 2331; acc. pl. gecēos ēce rǣdas, 1761.

ēdre. See ǣdre.

ēð-begēte, adj. , _easy to obtain, ready_: nom. sg. þā wæs æt þām geongum
grim andswaru ēð-begēte, _then from the young man_ (Wīglāf) _it was an easy
thing to get a gruff answer_, 2862.

ēðe. See ēaðe.

ēðel, st. m. , _hereditary possessions, hereditary estate_: acc. sg. swǣsne
ēðel, 520; dat. sg. on ēðle, 1731. --In royal families the hereditary
possession is the whole realm: hence, acc. sg. ēðel Scyldinga, _of the
kingdom of the Scyldings_, 914; (Offa) wīsdōme hēold ēðel sīnne, _ruled
with wisdom his inherited kingdom_, 1961.

ēðel-riht, st. n. , _hereditary privileges_ (rights that belong to a
hereditary estate): nom. sg. eard ēðel-riht, _estate and inherited
privileges_, 2199.

ēðel-stōl, st. m. , _hereditary seat, inherited throne_: acc. pl.
ēðel-stōlas, 2372.

ēðel-turf, st. f. , _inherited ground, hereditary estate_: dat. sg. on mīnre
ēðeltyrf, 410.

ēðel-weard, st. m. , _lord of the hereditary estate_ (realm): nom. sg.
ēðelweard (_king_), 1703, 2211; dat. sg. Ēast-Dena ēðel wearde (King
Hrōðgār), 617.

ēðel-wyn, st. f. , _joy in_, or _enjoyment of, hereditary possessions_: nom.
sg. nū sceal . . . eall ēðelwyn ēowrum cynne, lufen ālicgean, _now shall your
race want all home-joy, and subsistence_(? ) (your race shall be banished
from its hereditary abode), 2886; acc. sg. hē mē lond forgeaf, eard
ēðelwyn, _presented me with land, abode, and the enjoyment of home_, 2494.

ēð-gesȳne, ȳð-gesēne, adj. , _easy to see, visible to all_: nom. sg. 1111,
1245.

ēg-clif, st. n. , _sea-cliff_: acc. sg. ofer ēg-clif (ecg-clif, MS. ), 2894.

ēg-strēam, st. m. , _sea-stream, sea-flood_: dat. pl. on ēg-strēamum, _in
the sea-floods_, 577. See ēagor-strēam.

ēhtan (M. H. G. ǣchten; cf. ǣht and ge-æhtla), w. v. w. gen. , _to be a
pursuer, to pursue_: pres. part. ǣglǣca ēhtende wæs duguðe and geogoðe,
159; pret. pl. ēhton āglǣcan, _they pursued the bringer of sorrow_
(Bēowulf)(? ), 1513.

ēst, st. m. f. , _favor, grace, kindness_: acc. sg. hē him ēst getēah mēara
and māðma (_honored him with horses and jewels_), 2166; gearwor hæfde
āgendes ēst ǣr gescēawod, _would rather have seen the grace of the Lord_
(of God) _sooner_, 3076. --dat. pl. , adverbial, libenter: him on folce
hēold, ēstum mid āre, 2379; ēstum geȳwan (_to present_), 2150; him wæs . . .
wunden gold ēstum geēawed (_presented_), 1195; wē þæt ellenweorc ēstum
miclum fremedon, 959.

ēste, adj. , _gracious_: w. gen. ēste bearn-gebyrdo, _gracious through the
birth_ (of such a son as Bēowulf), 946.

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eafoð, st. n. , _power, strength_: nom, sg. eafoð and ellen, 603, 903; acc.
sg. eafoð and ellen, 2350; wē frēcne genēðdon eafoð uncūðes, _we have
boldly ventured against the strength of the enemy_ (Grendel) _have
withstood him_, 961; gen. sg. eafoðes cræftig, 1467; þæt þec ādl oððe ecg
eafoðes getwǣfed, _shall rob of strength_, 1764; dat. pl. hine mihtig god
. . . eafeðum stēpte, _made him great through strength_, 1718.

eafor, st. m. , _boar_; here the image of the boar as banner: acc. sg.
eafor, 2153.

eafora (_offspring_), w. m. : 1) _son_: nom. sg. eafera, 12, 898; eafora,
375; acc. sg. eaferan, 1548, 1848; gen. sg. eafera, 19; nom. pl. eaferan,
2476; dat. pl. eaferum, 1069, 2471; uncran eaferan, 1186. --2) in broader
sense, _successor_: dat. pl.