eldertongue

Old English · adjective

efne

Part of speech
adjective

efne1 · adjective · inflected form

Senses

  1. inflection of efn:; strong masculine/feminine accusative singular

  2. inflection of efn:; strong masculine/neuter accusative singular

  3. inflection of efn:; strong masculine/feminine nominative/accusative plural

  4. Inflected form of efn

efne2 · adverb

Senses

  1. even, evenly

  2. exactly, precisely

  3. times one, multiplied by one

  4. just, only, merely

  5. alike, likewise

    Efne swā hē mid wætre þone weallendan lēġ ādwǣsċe, þæt hē lenġ ne mæġ, blāc byrnende, burgum sċeððan, swā hē mid ælmessan ealle tōsċūfeð synna wunde, sāwla lācnað.

    Likewise he would quench this burning fire with water, so that it, burning bright, could no longer do harm to towns, he fully scatters wounds of sins with an alms, heals souls.

    c. 980, Almsgiving:

  6. just now, recently

  7. ever

efne3 · interjection

Senses

  1. lo!, behold

    Efne þā on middere nihte wearþ myċel eorþstyrung, and godes enċġel flēah fǣrlīċe tō þām cwearterne...

    Behold! then, at midnight, there was a great earthquake, and the angel of god flew suddenly to the prison...

    late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

  2. truly, indeed

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