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eáþe
/ea:ðe /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Adjective
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Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
eáþe
; adj. Add :-- Eáðre facilior, ealra eáðost facillimus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 16, 6. (1) of action :-- Þ̵ wæter and sió lyft bióþ swíþe eáþe tó tódǽlenne, Bt. 34, 11; F. 150, 28. Eáðre mé þincð on drígum lande tó farande, Solil. H. 21, 23. (2) of persons, easy to be entreated, gentle :-- Þú eart eáðe God . . . þú eart sóð Metod . . . þú eart Hǽlend God, Hy. 3, 4-9. [v. N. E. D. eath.] v. íþe, and next word.
Linked entries (variants, parts of a paradigm or derived forms):
ge-íþan
,
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EÁÐE
, éðe, ýðe; comp. m. eáðera, eáðra; f. n. eáðere, eáðre; sup. eáðost; adj. Easy, smooth; făcĭlis, lēvis :-- Gode þancedon ðæs ðe him ýþ-láda eáðe wurdon they thanked God for that the wave-paths had been easy [ = smooth] to them, Beo. Th. 462; B. 228. Eáðere ys olfende to farenne þurh nǽdle þyrel, ðonne se ríca and se wélega on Godes ríce gá it is an easier [thing] for a camel to go through a needle's eye than a powerful and wealthy man to go into God's kingdom, Mk. Bos. 10, 25.
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eáðe
; sup. eáðost. -ust; adv. Easily, readily, soon, perhaps; facĭlĭtor :-- Ða burh mihton eáðe begitan they might easily have taken the city. Ors. 3, 4; Bos. 56, 10: Beo. Th. 961; B. 478. Ic eáðe forbær rúme regulas I readily preferred the lax rules, Exon. 39 b; Th. 131, 22; Gú. 459. We ðé eáðe gecýðaþ síþ userne we readily proclaim our adventure to thee, Andr. Recd. 1721; An. 861. Hwá mæg eáðost [eáðust MS. B.] ða dúru ontýnan who may most easily open the door? Salm. Kmbl. 71; Sal. 36: Cd. 174; Th. 219, 6; Dan. 50: Ps. Th. 76, 10. DER. un-eáðe.
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