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Middle English
Proper noun
efne
- (East Anglia) Alternative form of hevene
Old English
Adjective
efne
- inflection of efn:
- strong masculine/feminine accusative singular
- strong masculine/neuter accusative singular
- strong masculine/feminine nominative/accusative plural
Adverb
efne
- even, evenly
- exactly, precisely
- just, only, merely
- alike, likewise
- just now, recently
- (as an intensifier) ever
Synonyms
Interjection
efne
- lo!, behold
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
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...
- truly, indeed