"efneald" meaning in Old English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈefnˌæ͜ɑld/, [ˈevnˌæ͜ɑɫd]
Etymology: efn- + eald Etymology templates: {{af|ang|efn-|eald}} efn- + eald Head templates: {{ang-adj}} efneald Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|efneald}} Forms: strong [table-tags], efneald [masculine, nominative, singular], efneald [feminine, nominative, singular], efneald [neuter, nominative, singular], efnealdne [accusative, masculine, singular], efnealde [accusative, feminine, singular], efneald [accusative, neuter, singular], efnealdes [genitive, masculine, singular], efnealdre [feminine, genitive, singular], efnealdes [genitive, neuter, singular], efnealdum [dative, masculine, singular], efnealdre [dative, feminine, singular], efnealdum [dative, neuter, singular], efnealde [instrumental, masculine, singular], efnealdre [feminine, instrumental, singular], efnealde [instrumental, neuter, singular], efnealde [masculine, nominative, plural], efnealda [feminine, nominative, plural], efnealde [feminine, nominative, plural], efneald [neuter, nominative, plural], efnealde [accusative, masculine, plural], efnealda [accusative, feminine, plural], efnealde [accusative, feminine, plural], efneald [accusative, neuter, plural], efnealdra [genitive, masculine, plural], efnealdra [feminine, genitive, plural], efnealdra [genitive, neuter, plural], efnealdum [dative, masculine, plural], efnealdum [dative, feminine, plural], efnealdum [dative, neuter, plural], efnealdum [instrumental, masculine, plural], efnealdum [feminine, instrumental, plural], efnealdum [instrumental, neuter, plural], weak [table-tags], efnealda [masculine, nominative, singular], efnealde [feminine, nominative, singular], efnealde [neuter, nominative, singular], efnealdan [accusative, masculine, singular], efnealdan [accusative, feminine, singular], efnealde [accusative, neuter, singular], efnealdan [genitive, masculine, singular], efnealdan [feminine, genitive, singular], efnealdan [genitive, neuter, singular], efnealdan [dative, masculine, singular], efnealdan [dative, feminine, singular], efnealdan [dative, neuter, singular], efnealdan [instrumental, masculine, singular], efnealdan [feminine, instrumental, singular], efnealdan [instrumental, neuter, singular], efnealdan [masculine, nominative, plural], efnealdan [feminine, nominative, plural], efnealdan [neuter, nominative, plural], efnealdan [accusative, masculine, plural], efnealdan [accusative, feminine, plural], efnealdan [accusative, neuter, plural], efnealdra [genitive, masculine, plural], efnealdena [genitive, masculine, plural], efnealdra [feminine, genitive, plural], efnealdena [feminine, genitive, plural], efnealdra [genitive, neuter, plural], efnealdena [genitive, neuter, plural], efnealdum [dative, masculine, plural], efnealdum [dative, feminine, plural], efnealdum [dative, neuter, plural], efnealdum [instrumental, masculine, plural], efnealdum [feminine, instrumental, plural], efnealdum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. of the same age
    Sense id: en-efneald-ang-adj-euwCecAl Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with efn- Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with efn-: 75 25
  2. (substantive) a peer Tags: substantive
    Sense id: en-efneald-ang-adj-Rfkbq6UA

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          "english": "He began to fall in love with sin and engaged in many vices with boys his age [literally, “with his equally old boys”].",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efneald",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efneald",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "efnealdum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "efneald",
      "name": "ang-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "efneald"
      },
      "name": "ang-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He began to fall in love with sin and engaged in many vices with boys his age [literally, “with his equally old boys”].",
          "text": "c. 1005, Ælfric's Letter to Sigeweard\nHē begann þā tō lufienne leahtras tō swīðe and fela unþēawa mid his efnealdum cneohtum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, “The Catholic Faith”\nNis sē Sunu nā ġeworht ne ġesċeapen, ac hē is ācenned. Ācenned hē is, and þēah hwæðre hē is efneald and efnēċe his Fæder.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "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”].",
          "text": "late 9th century, unknown author, The Old English Martyrology\nÞā ġelamp þæt hēo wæs fīftīene ġēara, þā lǣswode hēo hire fōstormēder sċēapum and hēold mid ōðrum mæġdenum hire efnealdum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of the same age"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "the",
          "the"
        ],
        [
          "same",
          "same"
        ],
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, “The Deposition of St. Cuthbert, Bishop”\nSē ēadega Cūðbeorht, þā þā hē wæs eahtawintre ċild, rann swā swā him his nytenlīċe ield tyhte plegende mid his efnealdum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a peer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peer",
          "peer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(substantive) a peer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "substantive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈefnˌæ͜ɑld/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈevnˌæ͜ɑɫd]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "efneald"
}

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