of
his lord), _trusty courtier, counsellor of a prince_: nom.
his lord), _trusty courtier, counsellor of a prince_: nom.
Beowulf
See atol.
eaxl, st. f. , _shoulder_: acc. sg. eaxle, 836, 973; dat. sg. on eaxle, 817,
1548; be eaxle, 1538; on eaxle ides gnornode, _the woman sobbed on the
shoulder_ (of her son, who has fallen and is being burnt), 1118; dat. pl.
sæt frēan eaxlum nēah, _sat near the shoulders of his lord_ (Bēowulf lies
lifeless upon the earth, and Wīglāf sits by his side, near his shoulder, so
as to sprinkle the face of his dead lord), 2854; hē for eaxlum gestōd
Deniga frēan, _he stood before the shoulders of the lord of the Danes_
(i. e. not directly before him, but somewhat to the side, as etiquette
demanded), 358.
eaxl-gestealla, w. m. , _he who has his position at the shoulder_ (sc.
of
his lord), _trusty courtier, counsellor of a prince_: nom. sg. 1327; acc.
pl. -gesteallan, 1715.
ĒA
ēac, conj. , _also_: 97, 388, 433, etc. ; ēc, 3132.
ēacen (pret. part. of a not existing eacan, augere), adj. , _wide-spread_,
_large_: nom. pl. ēacne eardas, _broad plains_, 1622. --_great, heavy_: eald
sweord ēacen, 1664; dat. pl.
eaxl, st. f. , _shoulder_: acc. sg. eaxle, 836, 973; dat. sg. on eaxle, 817,
1548; be eaxle, 1538; on eaxle ides gnornode, _the woman sobbed on the
shoulder_ (of her son, who has fallen and is being burnt), 1118; dat. pl.
sæt frēan eaxlum nēah, _sat near the shoulders of his lord_ (Bēowulf lies
lifeless upon the earth, and Wīglāf sits by his side, near his shoulder, so
as to sprinkle the face of his dead lord), 2854; hē for eaxlum gestōd
Deniga frēan, _he stood before the shoulders of the lord of the Danes_
(i. e. not directly before him, but somewhat to the side, as etiquette
demanded), 358.
eaxl-gestealla, w. m. , _he who has his position at the shoulder_ (sc.
of
his lord), _trusty courtier, counsellor of a prince_: nom. sg. 1327; acc.
pl. -gesteallan, 1715.
ĒA
ēac, conj. , _also_: 97, 388, 433, etc. ; ēc, 3132.
ēacen (pret. part. of a not existing eacan, augere), adj. , _wide-spread_,
_large_: nom. pl. ēacne eardas, _broad plains_, 1622. --_great, heavy_: eald
sweord ēacen, 1664; dat. pl.
