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Edhilinʹgi

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The aristocratic class among the Anglo-Saxons; the second rank were termed the Frilingi; and the third the Lazzi. (Anglo-Saxon, œdele or edele, noble; free-ling, free-born. Ricardo says of the third class, they were the “unwilling to work, the dull”—quos hodie lazie diʹcimus.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Eden Hall
Edenburgh
Edgar or Edgardo
Edge
Edge Away (To)
Edge-bone
Edge on
Edge of the Sword
Edgewise
Edged Tools
Edhilingi
Edict of Milan
Edict of Nantes
Edie Ochiltree
Edify
Ediles
Edith
Ednam
Edobe
Edward
Edwidge

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