efneald
Old English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
efneald
- of the same age
- c. 1005, Ælfric's Letter to Sigeweard
- Hē begann þā tō lufienne leahtras tō swīðe and fela unþēawa mid his efnealdum cneohtum.
- He began to fall in love with sin and engaged in many vices with boys his age [literally, “with his equally old boys”].
- c. 992, Ælfric, “The Catholic Faith”
- Nis sē Sunu nā ġeworht ne ġesċeapen, ac hē is ācenned. Ācenned hē is, and þēah hwæðre hē is efneald and efnēċe his Fæder.
- The Son is not made or created, he is born. He is born, and yet he is just as old and just as eternal as his Father.
- late 9th century, unknown author, The Old English Martyrology
- Þā ġelamp þæt hēo wæs fīftīene ġēara, þā lǣswode hēo hire fōstormēder sċēapum and hēold mid ōðrum mæġdenum hire efnealdum.
- One day, when she was fifteen, she was feeding her mother's sheep and watching them with other girls her age [lit. “other girls equally old to her”].
- c. 1005, Ælfric's Letter to Sigeweard
- (substantive) a peer
- c. 992, Ælfric, “The Deposition of St. Cuthbert, Bishop”
- Sē ēadega Cūðbeorht, þā þā hē wæs eahtawintre ċild, rann swā swā him his nytenlīċe ield tyhte plegende mid his efnealdum.
- The blessed Cuthbert, when he was an eight-year-old child, was running around like his innocent age urged him to do and playing with his peers.
- c. 992, Ælfric, “The Deposition of St. Cuthbert, Bishop”
Declension edit
Declension of efneald — Strong
Declension of efneald — Weak