Ealu (-o,-a)

'generally indecl. in sing.' substitute: gen. ealoþ (-aþ, -eþ), alþes (Rtl.); dat. inst. ealoþ (-aþ, -eþ); acc. ealu (-o, -a); gen. pl. ealeþa, and add: I. ale:--Ealo coelia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 24: i. 290, 61. Ealu celeum, cervise, ii. 130, 47. Æþele alu carenum, 23, 1. Gif ealo áwerd sié, Lch. ii. 142, 10. Twégen fǽtels full ealað oððe wæteres, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 16. Lytel níwes ealoð, Lch. i. 388, 8. Healde hé hine wiþ geswét eala, drince hlúttor eala, and on þæs hlúttran ealað wyrte wylle ácrinde, ii. 292, 21. Dó healfae bollan ealoð tó . . . and gehǽte ꝥ ealu, 268, 24. Aefne alðes materiam cervise, Rtl. 116, 42. Twá flaxan mid ælað gefylde, Guth. 64, 16. Wyl on ealoþ oððe on beóre, Lch. ii. 102, 27. Ealað, 104, 2. On áwyldum ealað, 114, 12. On súrum ealað, 34, 15. On twybrównum ealað, 120, 10. On ealdum ealað, 292, 12. Mid strangum ealað, 314, 14. Mid hlúttre ealoþ, 116, 5. Gníd on eala, 100, 22: 114, 23. Dó on eala, 102, 18, 21, 22. On ꝥ eala, 142, 13. Hé náne þinga beór ne drince, and gemetlíce wín and eala, 88, 11. Hlúttor ealu, 104, 17. On strang hlúttor eala, 314, 23. On wylisc ealo, 118, 4. Hwæt drincst þú? Ealu (cerevisiam), gif ic hæbbe, oþþe wæter, gif ic næbbe ealu, Coll. M. 35, 11: Bl. H. 165, 11. II. an intoxicating drink:--Ne oferdrincað gé eów wínes ne óðera ealeða, Ll. Th. ii. 438, 20.