[êg-clif], st. n., sea-cliff: acc. sg. ofer êg-clif (ecg-clif, MS.), [2894].

êg-streám, st. m., sea-stream, sea-flood: dat. pl. on êg-streámum, in the sea-floods, [577]. See [eágor-streám].

[êhtan] (M.H.G. æchten; cf. æht and ge-æhtla), w. v. w. gen., to be a pursuer, to pursue: pres. part. äglæca êhtende wäs duguðe and geogoðe, [159]; pret. pl. êhton aglæcan, they pursued the bringer of sorrow (Beówulf)(?), [1513].

[êst], st. m. f., favor, grace, kindness: acc. sg. he him êst geteáh meara and mâðma (honored him with horses and jewels), [2166]; gearwor häfde âgendes êst ær gesceáwod, would rather have seen the grace of the Lord (of God) sooner, [3076].—dat. pl., adverbial, libenter: him on folce heóld, êstum mid âre, [2379]; êstum geýwan (to present), [2150]; him wäs ... wunden gold êstum geeáwed (presented), [1195]; we þät ellenweorc êstum miclum fremedon, [959].

[êste], adj., gracious: w. gen. êste bearn-gebyrdo, gracious through the birth (of such a son as Beówulf), [946].

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[eafoð], st. n., power, strength: nom, sg. eafoð and ellen, [603], [903]; acc. sg. eafoð and ellen, [2350]; we frêcne genêðdon eafoð uncûðes, we have boldly ventured against the strength of the enemy (Grendel) have withstood him, [961]; gen. sg. eafoðes cräftig, [1467]; þät þec âdl oððe ecg eafoðes getwæfed, shall rob of strength, [1764]; acc. pl. eafeðo (MS. earfeðo), [534]; dat. pl. hine mihtig god ... eafeðum stêpte, made him great through strength, [1718]. See [Note for l. 534].

[eafor], st. m., boar; here the image of the boar as banner: acc. sg. eafor, [2153].

[eafora] (offspring), w. m.: 1) son: nom. sg. eafera, [12], [898]; eafora, [375]; acc. sg. eaferan, [1548], [1848]; gen. sg. eafera, [19]; nom. pl. eaferan, [2476]; dat. pl. eaferum, [1069], [2471]; uncran eaferan, [1186].—2) in broader sense, successor: dat. pl. eaforum, [1711].

[eahta], num., eight: acc. pl. eahta mearas, [1036]; eode eahta sum, went as one of eight, with seven others, [3124].