scīneð, _a gleam stood
therein_
(in the sword)
_just as when .
_just as when .
Beowulf
efnan (see æfnan) w. v. , _to carry out, to perform, to accomplish_: pres.
subj. eorlscype efne (_accomplish knightly deeds_), 2536; inf. eorlscipe
efnan, 2623; sweorda gelāc efnan (_to battle_), 1042; gerund. tō efnanne,
1942; pret. eorlscipe efnde, 2134, 3008.
efne, adv. , _even, exactly, precisely, just_, united with swā or swylc:
efne swā swīðe swā, _just so much as_, 1093; efne swā sīde swā, 1224; wæs
se gryre lǣssa efne swā micle swā, _by so much the less as . . . _, 1284;
lēoht inne stōd efne swā . . .
scīneð, _a gleam stood therein_ (in the sword)
_just as when . . . shines_, 1572; efne swā hwylc mægða swā þone magan cende
(_a woman who has borne such a son_), 944; efne swā hwylcum manna swā him
gemet þūhte, _to just such a man as seemed good to him_, 3058; efne swylce
mǣla swylce . . . þearf gesǣlde, _just at the times at which necessity
commanded it_, 1250.
efstan, w. v. , _to be in haste, to hasten_: inf. uton nū efstan, _let us
hurry now_, 3102; pret. efste mid elne, _hastened with heroic strength_,
1494.
eft, adv. : l) _thereupon, afterwards_: 56, 1147, 2112, 3047, etc. ; eft sōna
bið, _then it happens immediately_, 1763; bōt eft cuman, _help come again_,
281. --2) _again, on the other side_: þæt hine on ylde eft gewunigen
wilgesīðas, _that in old age again_ (also on their side) _willing
companions should be attached to him_, 22;--_anew, again_: 135, 604, 693,
1557, etc.