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But cf. 1130, where Hengist and Finn are again brought into juxtaposition and the expression ealles (?) unhlitme occurs. l.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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But cf. 1130, where Hengist and Finn are again brought into juxtaposition and the expression ealles (?) unhlitme occurs. l.
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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The latter verse is undisputed; and, for the former, 'elne' would be as possible as 'ealles,' and 'unflitme' is well supported.
Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem Lesslie [Translator] Hall
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'Gif hwa gefeohte on Cyninges huse sy he scyldig ealles his yrfes, and sy on Cyninges dome hwsether he lif age de nage: si quis in regis domo pugnet, perdat omnem suam ha; reditatem, et in regis sit arbitrio, possideat vitarn an non possideat.'
Memoir Correspondence And Miscellanies Jefferson, Thomas 1829
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Gif hwa gefeohte on Cyninges huse sy he scyldig ealles his yrfes, and sy on Cyninges dome hwaether he lif age de nage: si quis in regis domo pugnet, perdat omnem suam haereditatem, et in regis sit arbitrio, possideat vitam an non possideat.
Autobiography 1821
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_'Gif hwa gefeohte on Cyninges huse sy he scyldig ealles his yrfes, and sy on Cyninges dome hwsether he lif age de nage: si quis in regis domo pugnet, perdat omnem suam ha; reditatem, et in regis sit arbitrio, possideat vitarn an non possideat. '
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 Thomas Jefferson 1784
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Gif hwa gefeohte on Cyninges huse sy he scyldig ealles his yrfes, and sy on Cyninges dome hwaether he lif age de nage; si quis in regis domo pugnet, perdat omnem suam haereditatem, et in regis sit arbitrio, possideat vitam an non possideat.
Public Papers 1775
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Eac we quaedon be mundbryce and be ham socnum, sethe hit ofer this do thaet he dolie ealles thaes the age, andsy on Cyninges dome hwaether he life age; and we quoth ofmound-breach, and of home-seeking he who it after this do, thathe dole all that he owe [owns], and is in king's doom whether helife owes [owns.]
Public Papers 1775
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Swa swa on wænes eaxe hwearfiað þa hweol & sio eax stint stille & byrð þeah ealne þone wæn, welt ealles þæs færeltes; þæt hwerfð ymbutan & sio nafu next þære eaxe sio færð micle & orsorglicor þonne ða felgan don, swelce sio eax sie þæt hehste god þe we nemnað God, & þa selestan men faren nehste Gode, swa swa sio nafu færð neahst þære eaxe, & þa midmestan swa swa ða spacan. forðæmþe ælces bið oðer ende fæst on ðære nafe, oðer on þære felge.
Archive 2007-02-01 Mary Kate Hurley 2007
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-- 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,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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