Old English · proper noun
Efe
Normalised Ēfe
- Part of speech
- proper noun
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- Modern English
- eve
Meaning
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Eve (the first woman in the Bible)
On ðām syxtan dæġe hē ġesċōp eall dēorcynn, ⁊ ealle nȳtena þe on fēower fōtum gāð, ⁊ þā tweġen menn Adam ⁊ Ēfan.
On the sixth day, he created all kinds of animal, and all the beasts that move on four feet, and the two people, Adam and Eve.
c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year
Declension
All forms (2)
Etymology
From Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).
Descendants
eve
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