Efnan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

efnan

I. Substitute: To even. I. to level, bring to a level with:--Ic (mead) eom weorpere (q. in Dict.), efne tó eorðan (lay flat on the ground) ealdne ceorl; sóna þæt onfindeð, sé þe mec féhð ongeán, þæt hé hrycge sceal hrúsan sécan, Rä. 28, 8. [v. N. E. D. even; vb. I. 2. Cf. O. H. Ger. ebanón sternere.] II. to make equal:--Ðú efnes ðá ús pares illos nobis fecisti, Mt. L. 20, 12. [v. N. E. D. even; vb. I. 5. Cf. Icel. jafna to make equal.] v. ge-efn(i)an. efnan