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ge-efenlǽcan

  • verb
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ge-efenlǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht, -lǽced; v. trans.
To be like, equal, to imitate; æquāre, assĭmĭlāri, imĭtāri
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  • Nellen ge eornostlíce him ge-efenlǽcan

    nolĭte ergo assĭmĭlāri eis,

    • Mt. Bos. 6, 8
    • .
  • Hwylc biþ geefenlǽced drihtne

    quis æquālĭtur Domino,

    • Ps. Spl. 88, 7
    • :
    • Wanl. catal. 5, 1
    • .
  • Ongann Augustinus mid his munecum to geefenlǽcenne ðæra apostola líf

    Augustine with his monks began to imitate the life of the apostles,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 128, 32
    • .
  • Ðæt hí ðám flæsclícum geefenlǽcon

    that they imitate the fleshly,

    • 82, 15
    • .
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v. efenlǽcan.
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v.  efen-lǽcan ge-æfenlǽcan.
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