efen-eald
- adjective
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Ic æt efenealdum ǽfre ne métte máran snyttro
I never met with greater prudence among those of his age.
- Andr. Kmbl. 1105 ;
- An. 553: Bd. 5. 19 ;
- S. 637, 19.
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Nǽnig efen-eald him
no one of like age with him,
- Exon. 85 a ;
- Th. 321, 2;
- Wíd. 40 .
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Plegende mid his efen-ealdum
playing uith his co-evals,
- Homl. Th. ii. 134, 4.
Bosworth, Joseph. “efen-eald.” 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/8954.
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