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1. ēthen v.(1)

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To ease (a person), to comfort; to alleviate (sorrow). …

2. ēth(e, ẹ̄th(e predicate adj.

42 quotations in 3 senses
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Comforting, agreeable; peaceful, relieved, at ease: (a) in subject-less sentence, with pers. obj. (orig. dat.); (b) with pers. subj. …

3. ēthelich, ẹ̄the- adv.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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Easily, readily, quickly, willingly. …

4. ēthī adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Easy. …

5. ēthelich, ẹ̄the- adj.

18 quotations in 3 senses
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Insignificant, trivial, slight; of little worth or value. …

6. ēthenes(se n.

Additional spellings: ethenesse
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Ease, facility. …

7. arveð adj. & adv. (also in adjectival compounds.)

15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Difficult, hard; it is arveð, it is hard (to do); him is arveð, it is hard for him (to do); (b) arveð finde, hard to find, rare; arveð forþe, hard to achieve or do; arveð healde, arveðihialde……

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