Ge-efenlǽcan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-efenlǽcan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-efenlǽcan
p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht, -lǽced; æquāre, assĭmĭlāri, imĭtāri :-- Nellen ge eornostlíce him ge-efenlǽcan nolĭte ergo assĭmĭlāri eis, Mt. Bos. 6, 8. Hwylc biþ geefenlǽced drihtne quis æquālĭtur Domino, Ps. Spl. 88, 7 : Wanl. catal. 5, 1. Ongann Augustinus mid his munecum to geefenlǽcenne ðæra apostola líf Augustine with his monks began to imitate the life of the apostles, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 32. Ðæt hí ðám flæsclícum geefenlǽcon that they imitate the fleshly, 82, 15. v. efenlǽcan. ge-efenlæcan

Related words: trans. To be like, equal, to imitate;

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