Efning

According to the Old English Dictionary:

es;

efning

m. A consort, partner:--Hæfde se cyning efning (consortem) þǽre cynelican wyrðnesse, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 253, 18. [N. E. D. evening. Cf. Icel. jafningi an equal, a match.] efning