[ed-hwyrft], st. m., return (of a former condition): þâ þær sôna wearð edhwyrft eorlum, siððan inne fealh Grendles môdor (i.e. after Grendel's mother had penetrated into the hall, the former perilous condition, of the time of the visits of Grendel, returned to the men), [1282].
[ed-wendan], w. v., to turn back, to yield, to leave off: inf. gyf him edwendan æfre scolde bealuwa bisigu, if for him the affliction of evil should ever cease, [280].
[ed-wenden], st. f., turning, change: nom. sg. edwenden, [1775]; ed-wenden torna gehwylces (reparation for former neglect), [2189].
[edwît-lîf], st. n., life in disgrace: nom. sg., [2892].
[efn], adj., even, like, with preceding on, and with depend. dat., upon the same level, near: him on efn ligeð ealdorgewinna, lies near him, [2904].
[efnan] (see [äfnan]) w. v., to carry out, to perform, to accomplish: pres. subj. eorlscype efne (accomplish knightly deeds), [2536]; inf. eorlscipe efnan, [2623]; sweorda gelâc efnan (to battle), [1042]; gerund. tô efnanne, [1942]; pret. eorlscipe efnde, [2134], [3008].
[efne], adv., even, exactly, precisely, just, united with swâ or swylc: efne swâ swîðe swâ, just so much as, [1093]; efne swâ sîde swâ, [1224]; wäs se gryre lässa efne swâ micle swâ, by so much the less as ..., [1284]; leóht inne stôd efne swâ ... scîneð, a gleam stood therein (in the sword) just as when ... shines, [1572]; efne swâ hwylc mägða swâ þone magan cende (a woman who has borne such a son), [944]; efne swâ hwylcum manna swâ him gemet þûhte, to just such a man as seemed good to him, [3058]; efne swylce mæla swylce ... þearf gesælde, just at the times at which necessity commanded it, [1250].
[eft], adv.: l) thereupon, afterwards: [56], [1147], [2112], [3047], etc.; eft sôna bið, then it happens immediately, [1763]; bôt eft cuman, help come again, [281].—2) again, on the other side: þät hine on ylde eft gewunigen wilgesîðas, 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 swâ ær, again as formerly, [643].—3) retro, rursus, back: [123], [296], [854], etc.; þät hig äðelinges eft ne wêndon (did not believe that he would come back), [1597].
[eft-cyme], st. m., return: gen. sg. eftcymes, [2897].
[eft-sîð], st. m., journey back, return: acc. sg. [1892]; gen. sg. eft-sîðes georn, [2784]; acc. pl. eftsîðas teáh, went the road back, i.e. returned, [1333].