efen-twá
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into two parts Þæt hrídder tóbærst on emtwá (cf. wearð tóbrocen and tódǽled on twá styccu in duabus partibus divisum, Gr. D. 97, 7), Hml. Th. ii. 154, 16. Seó eá on emtwá tóeóde, 212, 21. v. em-twá in Dict
efor
A wild boar ⬩ ăper
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A wild boar; ăper Hiene ofslóg án efor a wild boar slew him, Chr. 885; Erl. 82, 34. Surne sceoldan bión eforas some should be wild boars, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 34
eft-ongén-bígan
To untwist again, to unwreathe ⬩ re-torquēre
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To untwist again, to unwreathe; re-torquēre Eft-ongén-bígde retorsit, Cot. 189
eft-swá-micel
Even so much ⬩ tantundem
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Even so much; tantundem eft-swa-miceles for so much, at that price; tantīdem, Som. Ben. Lye
efnes
Evenness, equity, justice ⬩ æquĭtas
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Evenness, equity, justice; æquĭtas Efnes syndon dómas ðíne æquĭtas sunt jūdĭcia tua. Ps. Spl. 118, 75: Ps. Lamb. 118, 144. He démþ ymbhwyrft eorþan on efnesse ipse judĭcābit orbem terræ in æquĭtāte. Ps. Lamb. 9, 9.
Linked entry: efen-nys
efen-weorþ
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Substitute: of equal worth or dignity Heó efenwyrþe hí on eallum þingum þám bysceope gegearwade, Bd. 4, 6; Sch. 384, 3. Ꝥ preóstas beón efenweorþe on eallum ciricþénungum, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 23. of adequate worth, very worthy; condignus Hé þone hád mid
efen-háda-bisceop
A co-bishop ⬩ co-episcŏpus
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A co-bishop; co-episcŏpus, Greg. Dial. 1. 5
efen-yrfe-weard
A co-heir ⬩ cŏhēres
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A co-heir; cŏhēres Sibba, his geféra and efenyrfeward ðæs ylcan ríces Sebbe, sŏcius ejus et cŏhēres regni ejusdem, Bd. 3, 30; S. 562, 2. Swylce gedafenaþ ðæt hí engla efenyrfeweardas on heofonum sín tāles angĕlōrum in cælis dĕcet esse cŏhērēdes, 2, 1
efen-ceaster-wearan
Fellow-citizens ⬩ concīves
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Fellow-citizens; concīves Efenceasterwearan ðæs heofonlícan ríces concīves regni cœlestis, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 16
efnan
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Ger. ebanón sternere.] to make equal Ðú efnes ðá ús pares illos nobis fecisti, Mt. L. 20, 12
ece
AKE, pain ⬩ dŏlor
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An AKE, pain; dŏlor Efne swá se bisceop ðone ece and ðæt sár mid him ut bǽre as if the bishop had borne the ake and the sore out with him. Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 37: 5, 4; S. 617, 22
efen-ceasterwearan
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Efenceasterwaran (efn-, v. l. ), Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 59, 10. Of hyra efenceasterwarum civibus suis, Gr. D. 205, 1. Add
efen-medume
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Equally worthy Onfóh deáþe ꝥ þú sí efn*-*medome þínum bróþrum (cf. being worthy of thy brethren, take thy death, 2 Mace. 7, 29); Shrn. 111, 18
efnan
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Þæt heó his word efnan ( faciant ), 102, 17. Þá þe þíne ǽ efnan nellað contra legem agentes, 70, 3: 88, 27. Dómas efnan judicium custodire, 105, 3. Ne bið swylc cwénlic þeáw idese tó efnanne, B. 1941
efen-sácerd
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A fellow-priest Leóf bróðer and úre efen*-*sácerd, Angl. xi. 7, 4. Cf. efen-mæssepreóst
Linked entry: sacerd
efnes
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Quite, just Efnes hit bið gelíc réna scúrum, Wlfst. 149, 5. Eal ꝥ ús þincð ǽmtig . . . bið emnes mid þý eal gefylled, Dóm. L. 150
eft-hweorfan
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eft-hwirfan
efen-werod
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Substitute: <b>efen-weorod,</b> es; n. A band of comrades Efenwerod commanipulares, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 35. Cf. efen*-*heáp
EFES
Eaves of a house, a brim, brink, edge, side ⬩ margo, lătus
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Bí swá hwaðerre efese [MS. efes] on whichever side, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 13
Linked entry: æfesc
efen-éhþ
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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