Ge-efn[i]an

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-efn[i]an

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-efn[i]an

p. ade, [e]de; pp. ed To make even, liken, compare :-- Byrgennum ða ilco geefnade monumentis eos comparans, Mt. Kmbl. p. 19, 12. Giefndes coequasti, Rtl. 57, 13. Geefnad æquatus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 608, 3, note. Geefned biþ assimilabitur, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 24. [O. H, Ger. ge-ebanón explanare, æquare.] ge-efnian

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛖᚠᚾ[ᛁ]ᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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