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eást-ríce

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an empire in the east, the East
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  • Ðæt eástríce in Asiria gefeóll . . . Ninus rícsade on ðon eástríce lii wintra,

      Ors. 2, 1; S. 62, 7, 13.

  • Constantinopolis is nú ꝥ héhste cynesetl and heáfod ealles eástríces

    Constantinopolis nunc imperii sedes et totius caput Orientis est,

      3, 7; S. 116, 13.

  • Asia on eástríce, Affrica on súðdǽle,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 39.

  • Genáman þára apostola líchaman Grécas and woldan lǽdon on Eástríce,

      Bl. H. 193, 10.
a kingdom that lies to the east of another
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  • Fór se here of þǽm eástríce (

    the kingdom of the East Franks

    ) westweard,
      Chr. 893; P. 84, 2.
Etymology
[Cf. O. H. Ger. óstar-ríchi oriens: Icel. austr-ríki.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eást-ríce.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/43530.

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