Efen-heáfda

Old English Dictionary Entry

Efen-heáfda

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: efen-hæfdling. efen-heafda

Definitions

1 efen-heáfda

m. A fellow, comrade:--Ꝥá wæs óðer man, þæs mannes efenheáfda (unus de conservis suis, Mt. 18, 28), þætte him sceolde án hund peninga . . . hé náne líðe þám his efenheáfdan gedón nolde, Nap. 19.

Runic Inscription

ᛖᚠᛖᚾ-ᚻᛖᚪᚠᛞᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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