[ealu-benc], st. f., ale-bench, bench for those drinking ale: dat. sg. in ealo-bence, [1030]; on ealu-bence, [2868].
[ealu-scerwen], st. f., terror, under the figure of a mishap at an ale-drinking, probably the sudden taking away of the ale: nom. sg. Denum eallum wearð ... ealuscerwen, [770].
[ealu-wæge], st. n., ale-can, portable vessel out of which ale is poured into the cups: acc. sg. [2022]; hroden ealowæge, [495]; dat. sg. ofer ealowæge (at the ale-carouse), [481].
[eal-wealda], w. adj., all ruling (God): nom. sg. fäder alwalda, [316]; alwalda, [956], [1315]; dat. sg. al-wealdan, [929].
[eard], st. m., cultivated ground, estate, hereditary estate; in a broader sense, ground in general, abode, place of sojourn: nom. sg. him wäs bâm ... lond gecynde, eard êðel-riht, the land was bequeathed to them both, the land and the privileges attached to it. [2199]; acc. sg. fîfel-cynnes eard, the ground of the giant race, place of sojourn, [104]; similarly, älwihta eard, [1501]; eard gemunde, thought of his native ground, his home, [1130]; eard git ne const, thou knowest not yet the place of sojourn. [1378]; eard and eorlscipe, prædium et nobilitatem, [1728]; eard êðelwyn, land and the enjoyment of home, [2494]; dat. sg. ellor hwearf of earde, went elsewhere from his place of abode, i.e. died, [56]; þät we rondas beren eft tô earde, that we go again to our homes, [2655]; on earde, [2737]; nom. pl. eácne eardas, the broad expanses (in the fen-sea where Grendel's home was), [1622].
[eardian], w. v.: 1) to have a dwelling-place, to live; to rest: pret. pl. dýre swyrd swâ hie wið eorðan fäðm þær eardodon, costly swords, as they had rested in the earth's bosom, [3051].—2) also transitively, to inhabit: pret. sg. Heorot eardode, [166]; inf. wîc eardian elles hwergen, inhabit a place elsewhere (i.e. die), [2590].
[eard-lufa], w. m., the living upon one's land, home-life: acc. sg. eard-lufan, [693].
[earfoð-lîce], adv., with trouble, with difficulty, [1637], [1658]; with vexation, angrily, [86]; sorrowfully, [2823]; with difficulty, scarcely, [2304], [2935].
[earfoð-þrag], st. f., time full of troubles, sorrowful time: acc. sg. -þrage, [283].
[earh], adj., cowardly: gen. sg. ne bið swylc earges sîð (no coward undertaken that), [2542].