Ebba

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ebba

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ebba
Add:--On þís ylcan geáre wæs swa mycel ebba ǽghwǽr ánes dæges swá nán man ǽror gemunde, and swá ꝥ man férde rídende and gangende ofer Tæmese be-eástan þǽre brigge on Lunden, Chr. 1114; P. 244, 13. iii. ebban týne he must put three fences to correspond to the heights of spring, middle and neap tides (

Related words: Seebohm Vill. Comm. p. 155), C. D. iii. 451, 2. ebba

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