, _return_ (of a former condition): þā þǣr sōna wearð
edhwyrft eorlum,
siððan
inne fealh Grendles mōdor (i.
Beowulf
m., _murderer by the sword_: dat. sg. Cain wearð tō ecg-banan
āngan brēðer, 1263.
ecg-hete, st. m., _sword-hate, enmity which the sword carries out_: nom.
sg., 84, 1739.
ecg-þracu, st. f., _sword-storm_ (of violent combat): acc. atole ecg-þræce,
597.
ed-hwyrft, st. m.
, _return_ (of a former condition): þā þǣr sōna wearð
edhwyrft eorlum,
siððan
inne fealh Grendles mōdor (i.
e. after Grendel's
mother had penetrated into the hall, the former perilous condition, of the
time of the visits of Grendel, returned to the men), 1282.
ed-wendan, w. v., _to turn back, to yield, to leave off_: inf. gyf him
edwendan ǣfre scolde bealuwa bisigu, _if for him the affliction of evil
should ever cease_, 280.
ed-wenden, st. f., _turning, change_: nom. sg. edwenden, 1775; ed-wenden
torna gehwylces (_reparation for former neglect_), 2189.
