ahabban

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Equivalent to ā- +‎ habban.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑːˈhɑb.bɑn/

Verb

āhabban

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to restrain one's self, abstain from (+ fram)
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
      Hīe hīe fram wīfum āhæfden.
      They abstained from women.
  2. to support

Conjugation
Conjugation of āhabban (weak class 3)
infinitive āhabban tō [[āhabbenne, āhæbbenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular āhæbbe āhæfde
2nd-person singular āhæfst, āhafast āhæfdest
3rd-person singular āhæfþ, āhafaþ āhæfde
plural āhabbaþ āhæfdon
subjunctive present past
singular āhæbbe āhæfde
plural āhæbben āhæfden
imperative
singular āhafa
plural āhabbaþ
participle present past
āhæbbende āhæfed, āhæfd

References
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