EFES

Old English Dictionary Entry

EFES

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: dial.

Definitions

1 EFES

f. Eaves of a house, a brim, brink, edge, side; margo, lătus :-- Geworden ic eom swá swá spearwa ánhoga oððe ánwuniende on efese oððe on þecene factus sum sīcut passer solĭtārius in tecto, Ps. Lamb. 101, 8. To ðære efese to the edge, Cod. Dipl. 353; A. D. 931; Kmbl. ii. 172, 22. Bí swá hwaðerre efese [MS. efes] on whichever side, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 13. [Wyc. evese brow of a hill: Laym. eovesen, dat. pl. eaves: Plat, oese, ese: O. Frs. ose edges of the roof; Ger. Ba obesen porch of a church: M. H. Ger. obese, f. vestĭbŭlum: O. H. Ger. opasa atrium, vestĭbŭlum: Goth. ubizwa, f. a hall, porch: Icel. ups. f. eaves.] efes,efesc

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