, _all golden,
entirely
of gold_: nom.
Beowulf
sg. aldor-þegn (Hrōðgār's confidential adviser, Æschere), 1309.
eal-fela, adj. , _very much_: with following gen. , eal-fela eald-gesegena,
_very many old traditions_, 870; eal-fela eotena cynnes, 884.
ealgian, w. v. , _to shield, to defend, to protect_: inf. w. acc. feorh
ealgian, 797, 2656, 2669; pret. siððan hē (Hygelāc) under segne sinc
eal-gode, wælrēaf werede, _while under his banner he protected the
treasures, defended the spoil of battle_ (i. e. while he was upon the Viking
expeditions), 1205.
eal-gylden, adj.
, _all golden, entirely of gold_: nom. sg. swȳn ealgylden,
1112; acc. sg. segn eallgylden, 2768.
eal-īrenne, adj. , _entirely of iron_: acc. sg. eall-īrenne wīgbord, _a
wholly iron battle-shield_, 2339.
ealu, st. n. , _ale, beer_: acc. sg. ealo drincende, 1946.
ealu-benc, st. f.
