[eahtian], w. v.: 1) to consider; to deliberate: pret. pl. w. acc. ræd eahtedon, consulted about help, [172]; pret. sg. (for the plural) þone sêlestan þâra þe mid Hrôðgâre hâm eahtode, the best one of those who with Hrôðgâr deliberated about their home (ruled), [1408].—2) to speak with reflection of (along with the idea of praise): pret. pl. eahtodan eorlscipe, spoke of his noble character, [3175].
[eal, eall], adj., all, whole: nom. sg. werod eall, [652]; pl. eal bencþelu, [486]; sg. eall êðelwyn, [2886]; eal worold, [1739], etc.; þät hit wearð eal gearo, healärna mæst, [77]; þät hit (wîgbil) eal gemealt, [1609]. And with a following genitive: þær wäs eal geador Grendles grâpe, there was all together Grendel's hand, the whole hand of Grendel, [836]; eall ... lissa, all favor, [2150]; wäs eall sceacen dôgorgerîmes, [2728]. With apposition: þûhte him eall tô rûm, wongas and wîcstede, [2462]; acc. sg. beót eal, [523]; similarly, [2018], [2081]; oncýððe ealle, all distress, [831]; heals ealne, [2692]; hlæw ... ealne ûtan-weardne, [2298]; gif he þät eal gemon, [1186], [2428]; þät eall geondseh, recedes geatwa, [3089]; ealne wîde-ferhð, through the whole wide life, through all time, [1223]; instr. sg. ealle mägene, with all strength, [2668]; dat. sg. eallum ... manna cynne, [914]; gen. sg. ealles moncynnes, [1956]. Subst. ic þäs ealles mäg ... gefeán habban, [2740]; brûc ealles well, [2163]; freán ealles þanc secge, give thanks to the Lord of all, [2795]; nom. pl. untydras ealle, [111]; sceótend ... ealle, [706]; we ealle, [942]; acc. pl. feónd ealle, [700]; similarly, [1081], [1797], [2815]; subst. ofer ealle, [650]; ealle hie deáð fornam, [2237]; lîg ealle forswealg þâra þe þær gûð fornam, all of those whom the war had snatched away, [1123]; dat. pl. eallum ceaster-bûendum, [768]; similarly, [824], [907], [1418]; subst. âna wið eallum, one against all, [145]; with gen. eallum gumena cynnes, [1058]; gen. pl. äðelinga bearn ealra twelfa, the kinsmen of all twelve nobles (twelve nobles hold the highest positions of the court), [3172]; subst. he âh ealra geweald, has power over all, [1728].
Uninflected: bil eal þurhwôd flæschoman, the battle-axe cleft the body through and through, [1568]; häfde ... eal gefeormod fêt and folma, had devoured entirely feet and hands, [745]; se þe eall geman gâr-cwealm gumena, who remembers thoroughly the death of the men by the spear, [2043], etc.
Adverbial: þeáh ic eal mæge, although I am entirely able, [681]; hî on beorg dydon bêg and siglu eall swylce hyrsta, they placed in the grave-mound rings, and ornaments, all such adornments, [3165].—The gen. sg. ealles, adverbial in the sense of entirely, [1001], [1130].
[eald], adj., old: a) of the age of living beings: nom. sg. eald, [357], [1703], [2211], etc.; dat. sg. ealdum, [2973]; gen. sg. ealdes uhtflogan (dragon), [2761]; dat. sg. ealdum, [1875]; geongum and ealdum, [72].—b) of things and of institutions: nom. sg. helm monig eald and ômig, [2764]; acc. sg. ealde lâfe (sword), [796], [1489]; ealde wîsan, [1866]; eald sweord, [1559], [1664], etc.; eald gewin, old (lasting years), distress, [1782]; eald enta geweorc (the precious things in the drake's cave), [2775]; acc. pl. ealde mâðmas, [472]; ofer ealde riht, against the old laws (namely, the Ten Commandments; Beówulf believes that God has sent him the drake as a punishment, because he has unconsciously, at some time, violated one of the commandments), [2331].
yldra, compar. older: mîn yldra mæg, [468]; yldra brôðor, [1325]; ôð þät he (Heardrêd) yldra wearð, [2379].
yldesta, superl. oldest, in the usual sense; dat. sg. þam yldestan, [2436]; in a moral sense, the most respected: nom. sg. se yldesta, [258]; acc. sg. þone yldestan, [363], both times of Beówulf.
[eald-fäder], st. m., old-father, grandfather, ancestor: nom. sg. [373].
[eald-gesegen], st. f., traditions from old times: gen. pl. eal-fela eald-gesegena, very many of the old traditions, [870].
[eald-gesîð], st. m., companion ever since old times, courtier for many years: nom. pl. eald-gesîðas, [854].