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eáþe

  • adverb
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eáþe, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
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of action, easily.
as being well within one's power
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  • Ðæt wé gedón, swǽ wé swíðe eáðe magon mid Godes fultume, ðætte . . .,

      Past. 7, 9.
  • Þet hí mann eáðe befaran mihte,

      Chr. 1009; P. 138, 20.
  • Eáðe beþencan,

      Wlfst. 165, 21: Gen. 48: Cri. 173: Mód. 9.
  • Eáða ongeota

    cognosci,

      Mt. p. 16, 18.
  • Eáðe gecnáwan,

      Met. 19, 31.
  • Þæt hé ðe iéð mehte winnan wið Brutuse,

      Ors. 2, 3; S. 68, 14.
  • Eáður

    facilius,

      Mt. L. 19, 24: Mk. L. R. 2, 9.
  • Eáðor, éðor, 10, 25. (1 a) as being within proper limits :-- Ꝥ gewin mon eáðe mæg tó þǽm mǽstum gewinnum getellan

    bellum merito inter maxima bella referendum,

      Ors. 4, 11; S. 208, 5.
without discomfort or
trouble, conveniently, readily, at ease
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  • Þú ofer aspide miht eáðe gangan and bealde nú basiliscan tredan

    super aspidem el basiliscum ambulabis,

      Ps. Th. 90, 13.
  • Cumað æalle tó ánum hláforde, sume ǽð, sume unéð; náðer ne hí þeder gelíce eáðe cumað, ne hí þér gelíce eáðe ne beóð. Sume beóð on máran áre and on máran éðnesse þonne sume,

      Solil. H. 44, 10-13.
  • Him þincð þæt hé mæge ǽð bútan faran þonne mid,

      21, 22: 39, 18.
  • Heó listum áléde láðne mannan, swá heó þæs unlǽdan eáðost mihte wel gewealdan,

      Jud. 102: 75.
without reluctance, willingly, readily
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  • Ꝥ swurd læg þǽr him ætforan and heora nán nolde náht eáðe hine sleán,

      Hml. S. 19, 106.
  • Se deófol þe beswác ðone þeóf. . . nele náht eáðe on his ende geðafian ꝥ hé þonne gecyrre . . . tó þám Hǽlende, 190.
of event,
easily, possibly, perhaps
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  • Swíþe eáþe ꝥ mæg beón ꝥ sume men þencan . . .

    very possibly some men may think

    . . .,
      Bl. H. 21, 17.
  • Swá hit eáþe beón mæg ꝥ se heáhengel of heofenum cumen wǽre,

      197, 12.
  • Gif huæt eáða (

    forte

    ) gemitte,
      Mk. L. R. 11, 13. ¶ Eáþe mæg,
perhaps, may be
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  • Eáða mæhte ł eáðæ mæge

    forte,

      Mt. L. 11, 23.
  • Eáðe (ǽðe, R.) mæg forsitan, Jn. L. 8, 19:

    alioquin,

      Mt. L. 6, 1.
lest; ne forte
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  • Eáðe mæg ł ðý lǽs

    ne forte,

      Lk. L. 12, 58.
  • Ðý lǽs ł eáðe mæg,

      Mt. L. 4, 6.
  • Eáðe mæg,

      25, 9.
  • Eáða maeg,

      13, 29.
  • Eáða (-e,

      L.) mæge, Lk. R. 21, 34.
  • Eóðe mæg,

      Mt. L. 27, 64.
  • Eáðæ (eóðe,

      R.) mæge, Lk. L. 4, 11.
  • Eóðe mæge (ǽðe mæg,

      R.), 14, 8.
Etymology
[O. Sax. óðo: O. H. Ger. un-ódo.]
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v. eáþ, íþ, íþost.
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