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ˈale-ˌbench Also 1 ealo-benc, 6 alle benche. [ale- 4.] A bench in or before an ale-house.a 1000 Beowulf 2062 Gum-manna fela, in ealo-bence. 1547 Homilies i. xii. i. (1640) 89 Which upon the Ale-benches or other places, delight to set forth certaine questions. 1556 Robinson tr. More's Utopia (1869) 2...
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ale (eɪl) Forms: 1 alu (WS. ealu, ealo), 2– ale (5 aale, aylle, 5–6 alle, Sc. 6–7 ail, aill; in mod. dial. yale, yall, yaäle, yell, yill). [OE. alu, cogn. w. OS. alo, ON. öl (:—alu), has been shown by Mr. J. Platt to be a -t stem:—*alut, hence gen. and dat. aloð, ealoð, 12th c. aleð:—*alutaz, aluti:...
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