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eous [CL < ἠῷος, ἑῷος] 1 of the dawn. b (as sb. m.) dawn. ēoy sideris splendor renascitur Walt. Wimb. Carm. 309; pro luce itaque eoi sideris miraculum ‥ pallii furis unguibus adherentis notetur Elmh. Cant. 222.  b perspicuus quia nondum fulsit ĕous / nec rebus certum lux adtulit alma colorem Wulf. Swith. II 650; Ib. I 573 (v. 1 dicare a). 2 eastern. b (as sb. m. or f.) the east. c easterner. Didymus ‥ eoae tripertitas Indiae provincias ‥ praedicationis lumine illustravit Aldh. VirgP 23; trans aequor ĕoum Alcuin SS Ebor 1033; eoi magi, easterne tungelwitegan GlH E 293; stravi examina turbae, / inclita censurae servans invictus ĕoae / famina Frith. 1099; intravit in portam eoi [sic] partis Byrht. V. Ecgwini 383; in eois partibus Christiani contra ethnicos pugnaverunt Ord. Vit. X 5 p. 25; ad eoos tractus celique fervorem Gir. TH I 37.  b oriens, eoo GlC E 224; ēoo coiere simul gelida sed et arcto / Scottica plebs et Picta cohors vulgusque Britannum Frith. 247; nam fundamen ovans a cardine jecit ĕoi / porticus ut staret aedificata Deo Wulf. Swith. pref. 113; 9‥ eoae, eastdaelas WW; nomen in ‘ous’ produciter ut eous [gl.: orientalis] Bacon Gram. Gk. 108.  c 9‥ eois, eastfolcum WW.

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