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§5; §7; §64; §168; §259; §276; §421; §426; §557;
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noun, adj., numeral.
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  • Forðférde Decius and ǽfre ǽlc dǽl eall his cynnes (

    one and all of his race

    ),
      Hml. S. 23, 349.

  • Hwí wæs Adame án treów forboden, þá þá hé wæs ealles óðres hláford (

    lord of all else

    ) ?,
      Angl. vii. 6, 42.

  • Þæt þú ðé mid ealre hande be þínum cynne nime,

      Tech. ii. 129, 16.

  • Hí cunnon eall mennisc gereord

    nationum linguis loquentes,

      Nar. 37, 3.

  • Hí þá ealle feówertig ætforan him stódon,

      Hml. S. 11, 55.

  • Yfel monn ealra þeáwa,

      Ors. 6, 14; S. 268, 27.

  • Sum wydewe næfde ealra ǽhta búton ǽnne feórðling,

      Hml. Th. ii. 106, 9.

  • Ealra geára hé stód on ðǽm wéstenne seofon and feówertig,

      Shrn. 109, 12.

  • Wyl ealle feówer on buteran,

      Lch. ii. 128, 8.

  • Hé wǽs on sumre fóre ealle þrý dagas,

      Bl. H. 217, 17.
quite
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  • Hí cómon unwær on heom on ealne ǽrnemergen,

      Chr. 1050; P. 170, 14.
pronoun
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  • Hé wæs eall biernende, and ðeáh ðá tungan suíðust mǽnde and him ðǽre kélnesse bæd

    qui tolus ardens refrigerari se praecipue in lingua requirebat,

      Past. 309, 10.

  • Sé wæs reád and eall rúh

    rufus erat et totus in morem pellis hirsutus,

      Gen. 25, 25.

  • Hé bið eal (

    or adv.?

    ) unwrenca full,
      Wlfst. 97, 15.

  • Hé sámcucu læg and fleów eall blóde,

      Hml. S. 6, 165.

  • Þæt is ungeliéfedlic tó gesecganne hwæt þæs ealles wæs (

    how much there was of it all

    ),
      Ors. 5, 12; S. 240, 17.

  • Ealle wé witon,

      Past. 63, 11.

  • Fram eallum ús,

      Bd. 4, 5; Sch. 375, 2.
alone
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  • Syððan hine forléton ealle bútan .ii.,

      Chr. 1049; P. 171, 21. ¶
    oblique cases or prepositional phrases with adverbial force.
genitive
with superlative adj. or adv.
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  • Hié wǽron micle swíþor gebrocede mid ceápes cwilde and monna, ealles swíþost mid þǽm þæt . . ., Chr. 897; P. 90, 1. Justus rihtwis, justior rihtwísre,

    justissimus

    ealra rihtwísost,
      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 16, 1 (and often).
with a numeral,
in all, altogether
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  • Ꝥ ðǽr sýn ealles fíftig æcera,

      Cht. Th 563, 25.

  • Hí wunedon on fulre sibbe ealles feówertig geára,

      Jud. 3, 11: 4, 3: Hml. S. 3, 23: 19, 10.

  • Feówor and twéntig tída, ðæt is ealles án dæg and án niht,

      Hex. 8, 32.

  • Férde Jacób mid his twelf sunum and his suna sunum ealles hund*-*seofontig manna,

      Hml. Th. ii. 190, 30.

  • Þá hæftlingas ealles sixtýne,

      Hml. S. 5, 134.

  • Hundteóntig muneca and feówertig ealles,

      6, 264.

  • Ealles fíftýne lǽcedómas

    fifteen recipes in all,

      Lch. ii. 8, 5: 6, 15: 10, 26.

  • Gif þǽr beóþ seofon ealra,

      Angl. viii. 326, 26.
entirely, quite
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  • Þeáh þú nú fier sié þonne þú wǽre, ne eart þú þeáh ealles of þám earde ádrifen Bt. 5,

      1; F. 8, 35.

  • Mé nǽfre wæs ealles swá ic wolde,

      26, 1; F. 90, 28.

  • Sé þe on ðá wítu ealles behreóseð,

      Wlfst. 26, 12.

  • Ꝥ man crístene men for ealles tó lytlum tó deáðe ne fordéme,

      Ll. Th. i. 304, 19.

  • Wurdon hig ealles tó oft on yfel áwende,

      Jud. pref. 8.
dat. inst.
entirely, altogether
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  • Ealle hé wæs swelce Rómáne þá wyrþe wǽron

    qui vere dignus Romanis punitor adhibitus videretur,

      Ors. 6, 3; S. 256, 23.

  • Ne bæd hé nó ðæt hé hine elle (mid ealle,

    v. l.

    ) fortýnde,
      Past. 275, 22. (2 a) mid eallum, mid ealle.
quite, altogether
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  • Ðá ðá ic myd eallum untrum wæs,

      Nic. 13, 15.

  • Þæt gé forwurðað mid ealle

    quod omnino dispereas,

      Deut. 8, 19.
along with noun governed by
mid, and all
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  • Forwearð nó lǽs þonne .xx. scipa mid monnum mid ealle,

      Chr. 897; P. 90, 20.

  • Áwurpan út þæt fæt mid ele mid ealle,

      Hml. Th. ii. 178, 27: 304, 29.

  • Dríg hí and mid wyrttruman mid ealle gewyrc tó dúste,

      Lch. i. 70, 11.
acc.
alone,
all, quite
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  • Bétende eall be bisceopes dóme

    emendans omnino juxta sententiam episcopi,

      Ll. Th. ii. 188, 28.

  • Wálá þǽre yrmðe and wálá þǽre woruldscame þe nú habbað Engle eal þurh (eall for,

    v. l.

    ) Godes yrre,
      Wlfst. 163, 4.

  • Hit biþ eall óþer,

      Bt. 27, 3; F. 98, 33.

  • Þá líchaman geborene wǽron þurh eall feówertig míla (

    per xxxx fere milia passuum

    ),
      Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 603, 19. xxx.
    þúsenda eal farena and oxna, Nar. 9, 10 (v. faru,
). Ne mihte se pápa þæt geþafian, þeáh ðe hé eall wolde (
though he was quite willing),
    Hml. Th. ii. 122, 12: Wlfst. 165, 10.
Þeáh ic eal mæge, B. 680.
with prepositions
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  • Crístendóm næs þágyt geond eall cúð (

    known everywhere

    ),
      Hml. S. 2, 13.

  • Man árǽrde cyrcan on his ríce geond eall,

      26, 85.

  • Ofer eal gewídmǽrsude

    late crebresceret,

      An. Ox. 2584.

  • Ofer eall,

      Gen. 45, 16.

  • Hé hét geáxian ofer eall sumne drý,

      Hml. S. 14, 49: 23, 266.

  • Hé sende ofer eall intó ǽlcan lande,

      Chr. 1086; P. 221, 1: 1067; P. 203, 11.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eall.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/43320.

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