þafian
Old English
FWOTD – 26 January 2017
Alternative forms
- þafan, þeafian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þabōną, from *þabaz (“fitting; appropriate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθɑ.fi.ɑn/, [ˈθɑ.vi.ɑn]
Verb
þafian
- to consent or agree to, to let happen or be done, to take up
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- (with accusative):
- Swá hwylc swá morþorslege þafaþ and hine man ðonne fremmeþ. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Heó hine monede ðæt hé weoruldhád forlæte and munucháde onnfénge. Ond hé ðæt well ðafode. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Ðé sint tú gearu swá líf swá deáð, swá ðé leófre biþ tó geceósanne; cýð hwæt ðú ðæs tó þinge þafian wille. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Næfre ic ðæs þeódnes þafian wille mægrædenne. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- (with dative):
- Gé þafiaþ eówer fædera weorcum. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Ðafande woeron feh him tó seallanne. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- (with clause):
- Gif hé þafaþ ðæt hé út gá of minstre. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Þafodest ðú ðæt mé þeówmennen drehte. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Þafa ðæt ic út ádó ðæt mot of ðínum eágan. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Ða eorlas þafigan ne woldon ðæt hié forléton leófne láreów. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- to submit to, to suffer, to bear
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- Ðé þincþ se earmra se ðæt yfel déþ ðonne se ðe hit þafaþ. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Sum gewealden-mód þafaþ in geþylde ðæt hé sceal. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Eal ðæt hé for ús þafode and ðolode. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Ða eádigan martyras mænigfealde earfoðnyssa ðafedon. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Se þeódcyning ðafian sceolde Eofores ánne dóm. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Ic sceal þinga gehwylc þolian and þafian on ðínne dóm. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Hié derede ægðer ge þurst ge hæte, and ealne ðone dæg wæron ðæt þafiende. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- to bear with, to tolerate
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- Hé ilde and ðafode ða scylda and ðeáh hé him gecýðde. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Þatt Godd ne þole nohht ne þafe laþe gastess to winnenn oferrhannd off uss. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
Conjugation
Conjugation of þafian (weak class 2)
| infinitive | þafian | þafienne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | þafiġe | þafode |
| second person singular | þafast | þafodest |
| third person singular | þafaþ | þafode |
| plural | þafiaþ | þafodon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | þafiġe | þafode |
| plural | þafiġen | þafoden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | þafa | |
| plural | þafiaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| þafiende | (ġe)þafod | |
Derived terms
- geþafa
- geþafian
- geþafung
- þafung
Descendants
- Middle English: thaven
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916), “þafian”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Old English to Modern English Translator
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