1 EBBA
m? An EBB or receding of water; rĕcessus măris :-- Népflod vel ebba ledona, Ælfc. Gl. 105; Som. 78, 29; Wrt. Voc. 57, 11. Ebba [MS. ebbe] recessus, 105; Som. 78, 36; Wrt. Voc. 57, 18. Ebba [MS. ebbe] vel gyte-streám, rheuma, 105; Som. 78, 38; Wrt. Voc. 57, 20. Gewrixle ðæs flódes and ðæs ebban change of the flood and the ebb,Bt. 21; Fox 74, 30. Com flówende flód æfter ebban the flowing flood came after the ebb, Byrht. Th. 133, 45; By. 65 : Bt. Met. Fox 11, 138; Met. 11 69. [Chauc. ebbe: Plat. ebbe. f: O. Frs. ebba, n: Dut. eb, f: Kil. ebbe: Ger. M. H. Ger. ebbe, f: O. H. Ger. ebba, f: Dan. ebbe, m. f: Swed. ebb, m.] ebba