"styfan" meaning in All languages combined

See styfan on Wiktionary

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈstyː.fɑn/, [ˈstyː.vɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *stūbijan, from Proto-Germanic *stūbijaną (“to blunten, lop off”), from Proto-Germanic *stūbaz (“stump”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*stūbijan}} Proto-West Germanic *stūbijan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*stūbijaną|t=to blunten, lop off}} Proto-Germanic *stūbijaną (“to blunten, lop off”), {{der|ang|gem-pro|*stūbaz|t=stump}} Proto-Germanic *stūbaz (“stump”) Head templates: {{ang-verb|head=*stȳfan}} *stȳfan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|*stȳfan<w1/ge:0/pp:*(ġe)stȳfed>}} Forms: stȳfan [canonical], weak [table-tags], stȳfan [infinitive], stȳfenne [infinitive], stȳfe [first-person, present, singular], stȳfde [first-person, past, singular], stȳfest [present, second-person, singular], stȳfst [present, second-person, singular], stȳfdest [past, second-person, singular], stȳfeþ [present, singular, third-person], stȳfþ [present, singular, third-person], stȳfde [past, singular, third-person], stȳfaþ [plural, present], stȳfdon [past, plural], stȳfe [present, singular], stȳfde [past, singular], stȳfen [plural, present], stȳfden [past, plural], stȳf [imperative, past, present, singular], stȳfaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], stȳfende [imperative, present], stȳfed [imperative, past], ġestȳfed [imperative, past]
  1. to blunten, make short or stumpy Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-styfan-ang-verb-Y8-R7-3y
  2. to lop off, trim Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-styfan-ang-verb-BtjPvrNO Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: stȳfician Related terms: āstȳfician, stybb, stȳficung
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    },
    {
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      ]
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    },
    {
      "form": "stȳfan",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stȳfenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stȳfe",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "stȳfde",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
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    },
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      ]
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "stȳfde",
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    },
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      "form": "stȳfaþ",
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "stȳfdon",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
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    },
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stȳfende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stȳfed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġestȳfed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "āstȳfician"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "stybb"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "stȳficung"
    }
  ],
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        "to blunten, make short or stumpy"
      ],
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        [
          "blunten",
          "blunten"
        ],
        [
          "short",
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        ],
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          "stumpy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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    },
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          "_dis": "9 91",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "5 95",
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        },
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          "_dis": "4 96",
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        "to lop off, trim"
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstyː.fɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈstyː.vɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "styfan"
}
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English reconstructed terms",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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    {
      "form": "stȳfan",
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    {
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    },
    {
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    {
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    },
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
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    },
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    },
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        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
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      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "stȳfed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġestȳfed",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ],
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          "short",
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          "stumpy"
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        "to lop off, trim"
      ],
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          "trim",
          "trim"
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      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstyː.fɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈstyː.vɑn]"
    }
  ],
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}

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