eild, III, 162, 46: age.
ein, I, 134, 13: een, evening.
eiry. See eerie.
eisin, IV, 331 b, 2: serve.
eke, also. At I, 133, L 1, eke ... eke seems to be wrongly used for either ... or.
eke a, III, 298, 57: each (one). See ealky.
elbouthe, I, 334, 5: elbow (the th for g or ȝ).
eldelike, I, 334, 5: elderly.
eldern, eldren, eldrin, I, 350, 12, 13; II, 20, 2; 26, 2; 27, 2; 61, 2; IV, 485, 28: old.
eldrige, elridge (hill, king), II, 58 f., 14, 15, 23, 25-7, 36==Scottish elric, elvish. The eldrige king has something of the character of the ellor-gást family in Beówulf (spirits who belong outside of mankind), haunts a hill, is a pagan, no one that has coped with him has come off alive. The lady who attends him, however, seems in no way extra-human. elric hour, I, 140, N (Pinkerton): hour when elves, or bad spirits, are active. In Elrick’s hill, II, 62, 8, 10, etc., the adjective is improperly turned into a noun. See elrick.