[êð-begête], adj., easy to obtain, ready: nom. sg. þâ wäs ät þam geongum grim andswaru êð-begête, then from the young man (Wîglâf) it was an easy thing to get a gruff answer, [2862].

[êðe]. See [eáðe].

[êðel], st. m., hereditary possessions, hereditary estate: acc. sg. swæsne êðel, [520]; dat. sg. on êðle, [1731].—In royal families the hereditary possession is the whole realm: hence, acc. sg. êðel Scyldinga, of the kingdom of the Scyldings, [914]; (Offa) wîsdôme heóld êðel sînne, ruled with wisdom his inherited kingdom, [1961].

[êðel-riht], st. n., hereditary privileges (rights that belong to a hereditary estate): nom. sg. eard êðel-riht, estate and inherited privileges, [2199].

[êðel-stôl], st. m., hereditary seat, inherited throne: acc. pl. êðel-stôlas, [2372].

[êðel-turf], st. f., inherited ground, hereditary estate: dat. sg. on mînre êðeltyrf, [410].

[êðel-weard], st. m., lord of the hereditary estate (realm): nom. sg. êðelweard (king), [1703], [2211]; dat. sg. Eást-Dena êðel wearde (King Hrôðgâr), [617].

[êðel-wyn], st. f., joy in, or enjoyment of, hereditary possessions: nom. sg. nu sceal ... eall êðelwyn eówrum cynne, lufen âlicgean, now shall your race want all home-joy, and subsistence(?) (your race shall be banished from its hereditary abode), [2886]; acc. sg. he me lond forgeaf, eard êðelwyn, presented me with land, abode, and the enjoyment of home, [2494].

[êð-gesýne, ýð-gesêne], adj., easy to see, visible to all: nom. sg. [1111], [1245].

[êfstan], w. v., to be in haste, to hasten: inf. uton nu êfstan, let us hurry now, [3102]; pret. êfste mid elne, hastened with heroic strength, [1494].