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efnan

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Wright's OE grammar
§56; §532;
Substitute:
To even.
to level, bring to a level with
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  • Ic (

    mead) eom weorpere (q. v. in Dict.), efne tó eorðan (lay flat on the ground )

    ealdne ceorl; sóna þæt onfindeð, sé þe mec féhð ongeán, þæt hé hrycge sceal hrúsan sécan,
      Rä. 28, 8.
  • [v. N. E. D. even; vb.
2. Cf. O. H. Ger. ebanón sternere.]
to make equal
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  • Ðú efnes ðá ús

    pares illos nobis fecisti,

      Mt. L. 20, 12.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. even; vb.I. 5. Cf. Icel. jafna to make equal.]
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v. ge-efn(i)an.
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