ge-dýgan, ge-dîgan, w. v., _to endure, to overcome_, with the acc. of the thing endured: pres. sg. II. gif þu þät ellenweorc aldre gedîgest, _if thou survivest the heroic work with thy life_, 662; III. þät þone hilderæs hâl gedîgeð, _that he survives the battle in safety_, 300; similarly, inf. unfæge gedîgan weán and wräcsîð, 2293; hwäðer sêl mæge wunde gedýgan, _which of the two can stand the wounds better_ (come off with life), 2532; ne meahte unbyrnende deóp gedýgan, _could not endure the deep without burning_ (could not hold out in the deep), 2550; pret. sg. I. III. ge-dîgde, 578, 1656, 2351, 2544. dýgol. See deógol. dýre. See deóre. E ecg, st. f., _edge of the sword, point_: nom. sg. sweordes ecg, 1107; ecg, 1525, etc.; acc. sg. wið ord and wið ecge ingang forstôd, _defended the entrance against point and edge_ (i.e. against spear and sword), 1550; mêces ecge, 1813; nom. pl. ecge, 1146.--_Sword, battle-axe, any cutting weapon_: nom. sg. ne wäs ecg bona (_not the sword killed him_), 2507; sió ecg brûn (Beówulf's sword Nägling), 2578; hyne ecg fornam, _the sword snatched him away_, 2773, etc.; nom. pl. ecga, 2829; dat. pl. äscum and ecgum, 1773; dat. pl. (but denoting only one sword) eácnum ecgum, 2141; gen. pl. ecga, 483, 806, 1169;--_blade_: ecg wäs îren, 1460.--Comp.: brûn-, heard-, stýl-ecg, adj. ecg-bana, w. m., _murderer by the sword_: dat. sg. Cain wearð tô ecg-banan ângan brêðer, 1263. ecg-hete, st. m., _sword-hate, enmity which the sword carries out_: nom. sg., 84, 1739. ecg-þracu, st. f., _sword-storm_ (of violent combat): acc. atole ecg-þräce, 597. 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.