ende-dôgor, st. m., _last day, day of death_: gen. sg. bega on wênum endedôgores and eftcymes leótes monnes (_hesitating between the belief in the death and in the return of the dear man_), 2897. ende-lâf, st. f., _last remnant_: nom. sg. þu eart ende-lâf ûsses cynnes, _art the last of our race_, 2814. ende-leán, st. n., _final reparation_: acc. sg. 1693. ende-sæta, w. m., _he who sits on the border, boundary-guard_: nom. sg. (here of the strand-watchman), 241. ende-stäf, st. m. (elementum finis), _end_: acc. sg. hit on endestäf eft gelimpeð, _then it draws near to the end_, 1754. ge-endian, w. v., _to end_: pret. part. ge-endod, 2312. enge, adj., _narrow_: acc. pl. enge ânpaðas, _narrow paths_, 1411. ent, st. m., _giant_: gen. pl. enta ær-geweorc (the sword-hilt out of the dwelling-place of Grendel), 1680; enta geweorc (the dragon's cave), 2718; eald-enta ær-geweorc (the costly things in the dragon's cave), 2775. entisc, adj., _coming from giants_: acc. sg. entiscne helm, 2980. etan, st. v., _to eat, to consume_: pres. sg. III. blôdig wäl ... eteð ân-genga, _he that goes alone_ (Grendel) _will devour the bloody corpse_, 448; inf. Geátena leóde ... etan, 444. þurh-etan, _to eat through_: pret. part. pl. nom. swyrd ... þurhetone, _swords eaten through_ (by rust), 3050. Ê êc. See eác. êce, adj., _everlasting_; nom. êce drihten (God), 108; acc. sg. êce eorðreced, _the everlasting earth-hall_ (the dragon's cave), 2720; geceás êcne ræd, _chose the everlasting gain_ (died), 1202; dat. sg. êcean dryhtne, 1693, 1780, 2331; acc. pl. geceós êce rædas, 1761. êdre. See ædre. êð-begête, adj., _easy to obtain, ready_: nom. sg. þâ wäs ät þam geongum grim andswaru êð-begête, _then from the young man_ (Wîglâf) _it was an easy thing to get a gruff answer_, 2862. êðe. See eáðe. êðel, st. m., _hereditary possessions, hereditary estate_: acc. sg. swæsne êðel, 520; dat. sg. on êðle, 1731.--In royal families the hereditary possession is the whole realm: hence, acc. sg. êðel Scyldinga, _of the kingdom of the Scyldings_, 914; (Offa) wîsdôme heóld êðel sînne, _ruled with wisdom his inherited kingdom_, 1961. êðel-riht, st. n., _hereditary privileges_ (rights that belong to a hereditary estate): nom. sg. eard êðel-riht, _estate and inherited privileges_, 2199. êðel-stôl, st. m., _hereditary seat, inherited throne_: acc. pl. êðel-stôlas, 2372. êðel-turf, st. f., _inherited ground, hereditary estate_: dat. sg. on mînre êðeltyrf, 410. êðel-weard, st. m., _lord of the hereditary estate_ (realm): nom. sg. êðelweard (_king_), 1703, 2211; dat. sg. Eást-Dena êðel wearde (King Hrôðgâr), 617. êðel-wyn, st. f., _joy in_, or _enjoyment of, hereditary possessions_: nom. sg. nu sceal ... eall êðelwyn eówrum cynne, lufen âlicgean, _now shall your race want all home-joy, and subsistence_(?) (your race shall be banished from its hereditary abode), 2886; acc. sg. he me lond forgeaf, eard êðelwyn, _presented me with land, abode, and the enjoyment of home_, 2494.