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▪ I. † ˈevene, n. Obs.
Also 3 efne, efene.
[ME. efne, evene, ad. ON. efni material, pl. ability, OSw. æfni (Sw. æmna stuff, Da. evne ability).]
1. Material; subject-matter.
a1300Cursor M. 335 (Cott.) Of himself he toke his euen þat he of wroght bath erth and heuen. 1423Jas. I Kingis Q. clxxxii, Quhat nedis me, apoun so litill evyn, To writt all this?
2. a. Nature; form or shape. b. Natural powers.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 137 Þe heuenliche þremnesse was mid him þo he fulcnede ure helende. Þe fader on stefne. Þe sunne on mannes efene. Þe holi gost on culures hewe. a1225Ancr. R. 126 Ancre..ouhte leden herd lif, ase dude þe lefdi Iudit, efter hire efne. a1225Leg. Kath. 57 Euchan bi his euene..wurðschipede his maumez. c1230Hali Meid. 43 Ha cwikede of cleane cunde, as is in engles euene. Ibid. 43 A charbucle is betere þen a iacinct iþe euene of hare cunde. a1240Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 187 He mot scottin efne after his euene. c1325Pol. Songs (1839) 157 Somenours..Mys motinde men alle by here evene.
▪ II. † eˈvene, v. Obs.
[ad. L. ēven-īre to come out, happen, f. ē- out + venīre to come.]
intr. To come to pass, happen, result.
1654tr. Scudery's Curia Pol. 106 He must necessarily have his particular interest, besides the publique, which cannot but evene and happen on many occasions. 1663Flagellum, or O. Cromwell (1872) 89 The Scotch War now evening, the lucky minute was come. 1669Boyle Contn. New Exp. ii. (1682) 57 To try whether the same success would evene with all unripe fruits. 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. ii. App. (1852) 210 God sometimes may suffer such things to evene. |