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[eác], conj., also: [97], [388], [433], etc.; êc, [3132].

[eácen] (pret. part. of a not existing eacan, augere), adj., wide-spread, large: nom. pl. eácne eardas, broad plains, [1622].—great, heavy: eald sweord eácen, [1664]; dat. pl. eácnum ecgum, [2141], both times of the great sword in Grendel's habitation.—great, mighty, powerful: äðele and eácen, of Beówulf, [198].

[eácen-cräftig], adj., immense (of riches), enormously great: acc. sg. hord-ärna sum eácen-cräftig, that enormous treasure-house, [2281]; nom. sg. þät yrfe eácen-cräftig, iúmonna gold, [3052].

[eádig], adj., blessed with possessions, rich, happy by reason of property: nom. sg. wes, þenden þu lifige, äðeling eádig, be, as long as thou livest, a prince blessed with riches, [1226]; eádig mon, [2471].—Comp. sige-, sigor-, tîr-eádig.

[eádig-lîce], adv., in abundance, in joyous plenty: dreámum lifdon eádiglîce, lived in rejoicing and plenty, [100].

[eáðe, êðe, ýðe], adj., easy, pleasant: nom. pl. gode þancedon þäs þe him ýð-lâde eáðe wurdon, thanked God that the sea-ways (the navigation) had become easy to them, [228]; ne wäs þät êðe sîð, no pleasant way, [2587]; näs þät ýðe ceáp, no easy purchase, [2416]; nô þät ýðe byð tô befleónne, not easy (as milder expression for in no way, not at all), [1003].

eáðe, ýðe, adv., easily. eáðe, [478], [2292], [2765].

[eáð-fynde], adj., easy to find: nom. sg. [138].

[eáge], w. n., eye: dat. pl. him of eágum stôd leóht unfäger, out of his eyes came a terrible gleam, [727]; þät ic ... eágum starige, see with eyes, behold, [1782]; similarly, [1936]; gen. pl. eágena bearhtm, [1767].