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efen-metan

(v.)
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efen-metan, v. trans.

To make equal, to comparecompărāre

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To make equal, to compare; compărāre, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: metan

efen-neáh

(adv.)
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efen-neáh, adv.

Equally near æque vīcīne

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Equally near; æque vīcīne Stríceþ ymbútan efenneáh gehwæðer it holds its course around equally near everywhere. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 282; Met. 20, 141

Linked entry: emn-neáh

efen-ríce

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-ríce, adj.

Equally mighty, of equal power æqualis potentiæ, æquipollens

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Equally mighty, of equal power; æqualis potentiæ, æquipollens Wǽron hí eft efenríce they were again of equal power, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 27

efen-sárig

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-sárig, adj.

Even or equally sorryæque tristis, compassus

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Even or equally sorry; æque tristis, compassus He wearþ hyre sáre efensárig ille ĕrat ejus dŏlōri compassus, Greg. Dial. 2, 1, Lye

Linked entries: em-sárig sárig

efen-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-scyldig, adj.

Equally guilty

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Equally guilty, L. C. S. 77; Th. i. 420, 2

efen-þwær

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-þwær, adj.

Agreeing concors

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Agreeing; concors, Proœm. R. Conc. Lye

efen-towistlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-towistlíc, adj.

Consubstantial consubstantiālis

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Consubstantial; consubstantiālis, Som. Ben. Lye

efen-wel

(adv.)

even, well, equally æque, sĭmĭlĭter

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even, well, equally; æque, sĭmĭlĭter, Off. Regum 10, Lye

Linked entry: wel

efen-weorcan

(v.)
Grammar
efen-weorcan, v. trans.

To co-operate co-opĕrāri

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To co-operate; co-opĕrāri, Som. Ben. Lye

efen-weorþ

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-weorþ, adj.

Even worth, equivalentæque dignus, æquĭvălens

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Even worth, equivalent; æque dignus, æquĭvălens, L. Edg. C. 50; Th. ii. 254, 23

Linked entry: efen-wyrþe

efen-wesende

(adj.)

co-existentco-existens

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co-existent; co-existens Ðú mid Fæder ðínne gefyrn wǽre efenwesende thou wast co-existent with thy Father of old. Exon. 12 b; Th. 22, 11; Cri. 350

efen-ámeten

(part.)
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efen-ámeten, ptcpl.
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Compared Efenámeten hé is neátum comparatus est jumentis, Ps. Srt. 48, 13

Linked entry: á-metan

efen-beorht

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efen-blíþe

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-blíþe, adj.
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Rejoicing with another Ne wépað git mé ná swá ic deád sý, ac beóð mé efenblíðe weep not for me as if I were dead, but rejoice with me (rejoice as I do), Shrn. 56, 19. [ Icel. jafn-blíðr.]

efen-brád

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-brád, adj.
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Equally broad, as broad (as long) Paradisus is eall efenlang and efenbrád, E. S. viii. 477, 7. [O. H. Ger. eban-breit: Icel. jafn-breiðr.]

Linked entry: brád

efen-crísten

(n.)
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a fellow-christian

efen-díre

Grammar
efen-díre, -dýre.
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Mæssepreóstes áð and woruldþegenes is geteald efendýre, Ll. Th. i. 182, 15. Add

Linked entry: deóre

efen-eald

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Add: adjective Hé is efeneald his Fæder . . . Seó beorhtnys is efeneald þám fýre . . . ealswá eald swá þæt fýr, Hml. Th. i. 278, 20-32. Lǽswede heó sceápum mid óþrum mægdenum hire efnealdum ( with other maidens of like age with herself ), Shrn. 101,

efen-éhþ

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efen-éhþ, -néhþ.
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Add: Three of the four MSS. have efennehþe, and this form points to connexion with efen-neáh, and to the idea of neighbourhood. For this sense cf. the later efen-nexta neighbour Gif þú agultest wið þine efennexta, O. E. Hml. i. 17, 32

efen-gemæcca

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Substitute: An equal, a fellow, consort Þe lǽs gif hyra (suna) hwylc wǽre hyre oferstealla ꝥ sé ne myhte on heofenum beón hyre efngemæcca, Shrn. 151, 14. Gif hié ne ongietað ðæt ðá beóð hira gelícan and hira efngemæccan on hira gecynde, ðá ðe him under