eaþe

Old English

Alternative forms
  • eoðe, eaða, eaðæ, æaðe, æðe

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæ͜ɑː.θe/, [ˈæ͜ɑː.ðe]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *auþê ~ *auþô. Equivalent to īeþe (“easy”) +‎ -e (“-ly”).

Adverb

ēaþe (comparative īeþ, superlative īeþest)

  1. easily
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "Palm Sunday: On the Lord's Passion"
      Swā fela þūsenda engla meahton ēaðe bewerian Crist wiþ þām unmannum, mid heofonlīcum wǣpnum, ġif hē þrōwian nolde selfwilles for ūs.
      That many thousands of angels could have easily defended Christ against those brutes [the men who came to arrest Jesus], with weapons from heaven, if he didn't want to suffer voluntarily for us.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See īeþe.

Adjective

ēaþe

  1. Alternative form of īeþe
Declension
Declension of ēaþe — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ēaþe ēaþu, ēaþo ēaþe
Accusative ēaþne ēaþe ēaþe
Genitive ēaþes ēaþre ēaþes
Dative ēaþum ēaþre ēaþum
Instrumental ēaþe ēaþre ēaþe
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ēaþe ēaþa, ēaþe ēaþu, ēaþo
Accusative ēaþe ēaþa, ēaþe ēaþu, ēaþo
Genitive ēaþra ēaþra ēaþra
Dative ēaþum ēaþum ēaþum
Instrumental ēaþum ēaþum ēaþum
Declension of ēaþe — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ēaþa ēaþe ēaþe
Accusative ēaþan ēaþan ēaþe
Genitive ēaþan ēaþan ēaþan
Dative ēaþan ēaþan ēaþan
Instrumental ēaþan ēaþan ēaþan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ēaþan ēaþan ēaþan
Accusative ēaþan ēaþan ēaþan
Genitive ēaþra, ēaþena ēaþra, ēaþena ēaþra, ēaþena
Dative ēaþum ēaþum ēaþum
Instrumental ēaþum ēaþum ēaþum
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