Eihte, sb. property, S; eyhte, S; see Auhte.

Eild; see Elde.

Eire, sb. journey, circuit, SkD. Phr.:  ane ayr, on circuit, S3.—­AF. and OF. eire, eyre, oire, oirre, from errer, edrer, to make one’s way, from Lat. iter, journey; see Constans.

Eiren, sb. pl. eggs, PP; eirun, W2; see Ey.

Eise; see Ese.

Eisel, Eisil, sb. vinegar; see Aisille.

Eisful, adj. terrible, MD.—­AS. egesful.

Eislich, adj terrible, MD; eiseliche, S.—­AS. egeslic:  OS. egislik; from AS. egesa:  OS. egiso, horror; cp.  OHG. egiso (Otfrid).

Eisliche, adv. terribly, S; aisliche, timorously, S3.—­AS. egeslice.

EiA deg.er, adj. either, S, S2; A|iA deg.ter, MD; ayA3/4er, S2; aiA3/4er, S; eyA deg.er, S, S2; ethir, W; er, S.—­AS. A|*-g-hwA|A deg.er; Sievers, 347.

Eken, v. to ake, MD; see Aken.

Elch; see Eche.

Elde, sb. an age (of the world), age, time of a man’s life, maturity, full age, old age, length of time, PP, S, S2, S3, G; eelde, W; ealde, S; helde, S; ulde, MD; eld, MD, S2; held, S2; eild, S2.—­AS. eldu, yldu.  See Old.

Elde, v. to grow old, H; elded, pp., S2; eldid, H.—­AS. ealdian.

Elder, comp. older, S, C2; see Old.

Elderne, sb. pl. ancestors, S2; see Alder.

Eldryn, adj. old, H. Comb.:  eldryn-*man, old man, elder, H.

Ele, sb. oil, MD, S; eoli, S; eolie, S. Comb.:  ele-sA|w, oil, S.—­AS. ele; Late Lat. olium (cp.  It. olio); Lat. oleum; Gr. [Greek:  elaion], from [Greek:  elaia], an olive-tree; cp.  OHG. oli (Tatian).

Eleccioun, sb. election, choice, S2,—­OF. election; Lat. electionem.

Ele-lendisch, adj. foreign; elelendis, MD.—­AS. ele-lendisc, of a foreign land.

Elendisch, adj. foreign; helendis, MD.—­From AS. ellende (Voc.).

Elenge, adj. protracted, tedious, wearisome, dreary, lonely; also (by confusion with AS. ellende) strange, foreign, PP, HD; elynge, PP; elyng, PP; alenge, NED, HD; alange, NED, Prompt.—­AS, A|*-lenge, lengthy, tedious; A|*, ever + lenge, long, from lang.

Elengelich, adv. sadly, PP; elyngliche, PP.