Dun. _See_ Adoun.
Dungen. _See_ Dinge.
Dunten, _pa. t. pl._ S. struck, beat, 2448.
Dursten, _pa. t. pl._ S. durst, 1866.
Eie, _n._ S. eye, 2545. _Heie_, 1152. _Eyne_, _pl._ eyes, 680, 1273,
1364; _eyen_, 1340; _eyn_, 2171.
Eir, _n._ Fr. Lat. heir, 410, 2539. _Eyr_, 110, 289, &c. Jam. gives it a
Northern etymology, in v. Ayr.
Ek, _conj._ S. [_eac_] eke, also, 1025, 1038, 1066, &c. _Ok_ [Su.-G.
_och_, Du. _ook_] 187, 200, 879, 1081, &c. V. Jam. in v. Ac.
Eld, _adj._ S. old, 546. _Helde_, 2472. _Heldeste_, sup. 1396.
Elde, _n._ S. age, 2713. _Helde_, 128, 174, 387, 1435.
_Ælde_ hæfde heo na mare
Buten fihtene [gh]ere.
_La[gh]am._ l. 25913.
R. Br. In Sc. _Eild_. It was subsequently restricted to the sense of
_old age_, as in Chauc.
Elles, _adv._ S. else, 1192, 2590.
Em, S. uncle, 1326. Sir Tr. p. 53. Properly, says Sir W. Scott, an uncle
by the father's side. It appears however to have been used indifferently
either on the father's or mother's side. _See_ Hearne's Gl. on R. Gl.
and R. Br., Web., Erle of Tol. 988; Chauc. Troil. 2, 162, and Nares.
Prov. Eng. _Eam_.
Er, _adv._ S. before, 684. _Her_, 541. _Are_, Sir Tr. p. 152. _Er_,
K. Horn, 130. _See_ Are, Or.
Er, _conj._ S. before, 317, 1261, 2680. _Her_, 229.
Erl, _n._ S. earl, 189, &c. _Erles_, _g. c._ 2898, earl's. _Herles_,
883. _Erldom_, earldom, 2909.
Ern, _n._ S. eagle, 572. Rits. M. R. Octovian, 196; R. Gl. p. 177; Will.
of Palerne.
Erþe, _n._ S. earth, 740; ground, 2657.