abufan

Old English

Alternative forms

onbufan

Etymology

From ā- +‎ bufan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑːˈbu.fɑn/, [ɑːˈbu.vɑn]

Adverb

ābufan

above

Descendants

Middle English: aboven, above, abuven
- English: above, aboon
  - ⇒? English: bove
- Scots: abuin, abune, abane, abeen, abine, abin; abeun, abön; aboon
- Yola: aboo

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “a-búfan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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