Efenlíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Efenlíce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: l.

Definitions

1 efenlíce

Substitute: I. evenly, without inequalities of surface:--Man þǽre cyrcean flór emlíce gewyrce, ꝥ þǽr nán byrgen gesýne ne sý, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 12. II. without disagreement, without discrepancy:--Seó lár mæg unc emlíce séman (bring us to complete agreement), Hml. A. 13, 12. III. on egual terms, as equals:--Hé cwæð þæt him tó micel ǽwisce wǽre þæt hé swá emnlíce wrixleden, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 16. IV. in like manner, in like degree, equally:--Emlíce simili modo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 61. Efenlíce Godes mon til vir aeque Deo devotus, Bd. 3, 23; Sch. 300, 4. V. with equanimity, calmly:--Efnlíce (emn-, ) aequanimiter, Past. 100, 3. Emlíce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 61. Geþyld sóð ys fremede yfelu emlíce þolian, Scint. 10, 3: 12, 5: 114, 16. Emlíce forberan, Hml. Th. i. 526, 33: 534, 5: Hml. S. 13, 291. in Dict. efenlice,efen-lice

Runic Inscription

ᛖᚠᛖᚾᛚᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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