efne

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And to ihere gryslych þing. þat nis nouht soþ. ich singe efne.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
Flute nu faRlac þah. hwil liues luue is heRinne. ⁊ þole wið efne heorte þe dom of rihtwisnesse.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
Hengestes hēap hringum wenede, efne swā swīðe sinc-gestrēonum fǣttan goldes, swā hē Frēsena cyn on bēor-sele byldan wolde.ll. 1089 ff.

The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography Chauncey Brewster Tinker 1919
Lixte se leóma, leóht inne stôd, efne swâ of hefene hâdre scîneð rodores candel.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
: Frisna hwylc, 1105; fem, efne swâ hwylc mägða swâ þone magan cende (_whatever woman brought forth this son_),

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
Grendles mōdor; wæs se gryre lǣssa efne swā micle, swā bið mægða cræft,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
Grendles môdor; wäs se gryre lässa efne swâ micle, swâ bið mägða cräft,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
: Frisna hwylc, 1105; fem, efne swā hwylc mægða swā þone magan cende (_whatever woman brought forth this son_),

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
Līxte se lēoma, lēoht inne stōd, efne swā of hefene hādre scīneð rodores candel.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879