Mis-efesian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - mis-efesian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

mis-efesian
to cut the hair improperly (of the tonsure) :-- Wé lǽraþ, ðæt ǽnig gehádod man his sceare ne helige, ne hine misefesian ne lǽte, L. Edg. C. 47; Th. ii. 254, 13. mis-efesian
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