Efnes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Efnes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -ness, -nyss, e; Related words: efen-nys. efnes

Definitions

1 efnes

f. 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. Ðú gelíffæst me on efnesse oððe emnesse ðínre vivifĭcābis me in æquĭtāte tua, 142, 11. Eágan ðíne geseón oððe bewlátiun efnysse oððe rihtwísnesse ocŭli tui vĭdeant æquĭtātes, 16, 2.

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