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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.