eaþe
Old English
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Germanic *auþê ~ *auþô. Equivalent to īeþe (“easy”) + -e (“-ly”).
Adverb
editēaþe (comparative īeþ, superlative īeþest)
- easily
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
- Ac hit mæġ ēaðe ġesǣlan, ġif wē him swelc secgað, ðæt hīe ēac mid ūs ðā ōðre tǣlen, and hīe ðonne eft hira selfra ġescamiġe, ðonne hīe ġemunað ðæt hīe ðæt ilce dōð ðæt hīe on ðǣm ōðrum tǣldon.
- It can easily happen that, if we tell them such things, they will also join us in blaming the others, and afterwards be ashamed of themselves, remembering that they do the same that they blamed in the others.
- 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.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
Derived terms
edit- unēaþe (“barely”)
Etymology 2
editSee īeþe.
Adjective
editēaþe
- Alternative form of īeþe
Declension
editDeclension 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