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EFES

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
EFES, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§107;
Eaves of a house, a brim, brink, edge, side; margo, lătus
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  • Geworden ic eom swá swá spearwa ánhoga oððe ánwuniende on efese oððe on þecene

    factus sum sīcut passer solĭtārius in tecto,

    • Ps. Lamb. 101,
    • 8.
  • To ðære efese

    to the edge,

    • Cod. Dipl. 353
    • ;
    • A. D. 931
    • ;
    • Kmbl. ii. 172,
    • 22.
  • Bí swá hwaðerre efese [MS. efes]

    on whichever side,

    • Chr. 894
    • ;
    • Erl. 90,
    • 13.
Etymology
[
Wyc. evese brow of a hill:
Laym. eovesen , dat. pl. eaves:
Plat, oese , ese :
O. Frs. ose edges of the roof;
Ger. Bav. dial. obesen porch of a church:
M. H. Ger. obese , f. vestĭbŭlum:
O. H. Ger. opasa atrium, vestĭbŭlum:
Goth. ubizwa , f. a hall, porch:
Icel. ups . f. eaves
.]
Linked entries
v.  æfesc.
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  • EFES, n.