efste mid elne,
_hastened
with heroic strength_,
1494.
1494.
Beowulf
.
_, 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. ; eft swā ǣr, _again as formerly_, 643. --3) retro, rursus,
_back_: 123, 296, 854, etc. ; þæt hig æðelinges eft ne wēndon (_did not
believe that he would come back_), 1597.
eft-cyme, st. m. , _return_: gen. sg. eftcymes, 2897.
eft-sīð, st. m. , _journey back, return_: acc.
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. ; eft swā ǣr, _again as formerly_, 643. --3) retro, rursus,
_back_: 123, 296, 854, etc. ; þæt hig æðelinges eft ne wēndon (_did not
believe that he would come back_), 1597.
eft-cyme, st. m. , _return_: gen. sg. eftcymes, 2897.
eft-sīð, st. m. , _journey back, return_: acc.