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EFEN

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1 EFEN

adj. EVEN, equal; æquus, plānus, æquālis :-- Modes gecynde gréteþ grorn efen winde the disposition of his mind approached sadness equal to the wind, Exon. 94 b; Th. 354, 22; Reim. 49. On efen, ad simul, una :-- Englas on efen bláwaþ býman angels shall blow the trumpet together. Exon. 20 b; Th. 55, 10; Cri. 881: Ps. Th. 116, 1. On efen, prep. On even ground, on a level, by, near, aside with; in æquāli, juxta :-- Him on efn ligeþ ealdor-gewinna by him lies his vital adversary, Beo. Th. 5798; B. 2903. [Wyc. Piers P. Chauc. even: Laym. æfne, efne: Orm. efenn:. Plat. even, ewen, effen: O. Sax. eban: Frs. even: O. Frs. ivin, even: Dut. even, effen: Ger. eben: M. H. Ger. eben, öbene: O. H. Ger. eban: Goth. ibns: Dan. jävn: Swed. jemn: Icel. jafn, jamn.] DER. un-efen. efen,efen-
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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
Goth.
Gothic
Icel.
Icelandic
O. Frs.
Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.
Old High German
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Orm.
Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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