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and-efn

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Substitute: and-ef(e)n (v. evene in N. E. D.), e: pl. -ef(e)nu; f. Measure
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  • Neáh andefene

    prope modum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 73.
of persons,
quality, capacity, nature
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  • For ðǽre ungelícnesse ðára hiéremonna sculun beón ungelíc ðá word ðæs láreówes, ðæt hé hiene selfne geðeóde tó eallum his hiéremonnum, tó ǽghwelcum be his andefne (-efene,

    v. l.) pro qualitate audientium formari debet sermo doctorum, ut ad sua singulis congruat,

      Past. 175, 4.

  • Dóð gé eówrum monnum ðæt ilce be hira andefne (-efene,

    v. l.

    ),
      203, 1.

  • Ǽlc gesceaft is tó árianne be hire andefne, and symle sió héhste swíþost,

      Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 14.

  • Engelum hé gef be heora andefne, and manna sáulum hé gyfð ǽlcre be hyre andefne swilca gyfa,

      Shrn. 192, 2-3.

  • Witað ðæt ðæt iów gemetlic sié and iówer ondefenu (-efnu, v. l.) sién tó witenne

    sapere ad sobrietatem,

      Past. 95, 1.

  • Ðonne sió úpáhæfenes bið átyht ofer hire andefnu (-efenu,

    v. l.) dum elatio supra se tenditur,

      301, 19.
of things,
quantity, amount, nature, extent
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  • Tódǽlað hí his feoh on fíf oððe syx, hwýlum on má, swá swá þæs feós andefn bið,

      Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 29.

  • Be þǽre andefne heora unrihtwísnesse

    secundum multitudinem impietatum eorum,

      Ps. Th. 5, 11.

  • Be ðæs gyltes andefne (-efene,

    v. l.

    ),
      Past. 195, 10: Bl. H. 45, 29: Bt. 38, 7; F. 210, 8.

  • Æfter þæs deóres mihte & efne ( =andefne

    or

    and efne?),
      Lch. i. 328, 15.

  • Æfter heora geearnunga anddyfene

    secundum merita,

      R. Ben. 13, 7.

  • Ǽlc hæfð beþám andefnum þe hé ǽr æfter eornað

    each will have according to the extent of his previous efforts,

      Shrn. 201, 2.
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v. land-efn.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “and-efn.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/38602.

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