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efen

  • noun [ neuter ]
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§80; §81; §219; §293; §430; §639;
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  • Efnum

    aequatis,

      Txts. 39, 92.
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  • Ðá ðe ne magon uncwaciende gestondan on emnum felda qui in planis stantes titubant, Past. 41, 7. I a. of sounds, harmonious, not discordant :-- Efnum sónum

    consonantibus,

      Mk. p. 1, 13.
unruffled, undisturbed
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  • Gyf eówer hwylc bið geunrótsod, hé hyne gebidde mid emnum móde (

    aequo animo

    ),
      Ll. Th. ii. 354, 19.

  • Mid efnum móde,

      R. Ben. 55, 16: R. Ben. I. 62, 15.
equal, just, impartial
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  • Mid þá efnan helurbléde

    justa lance,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 40.

  • Hé démð rihtne dóm and emne dóm,

      Wlfst. 253, 20: 254, 9.
equal, of like condition
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  • Sé ðe conn wel emn bión wið óðre menn, ond hé hine ná bettran ne déð

    qui scit ceteris aequalitate componi,

      Past. 113, 23.

  • Ꝥ ilce ꝥ hé lifde in líchaman, hit wǽre efen þan þe hé eallinga bútan þám líchaman eall wǽre

    totum jam extra carnem est, hoc ipsum quod vivit in carne,

      Gr. D. 218, 12.

  • Efnum ðegnum (altered from efne*-*ðegnum) conseruis, Jn. p. 7, 1. ¶ efen; n. as substantive :-- On efne

    directly;

    e regione,
      Mt. p. 4, 6.

  • Ǽlc þǽra þinga þe man mæg tódǽlan on feówer on emne

    everything that can be divided into four exactly,

      Angl. viii. 306, 30.
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v. on-efn, emn in Dict.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “efen.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/43704.

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