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Adjective [Old English]

IPA: /jeˈθɑ.fɑ/, [jeˈθɑ.vɑ]
Etymology: Likely from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *þabaz (“fitting; appropriate”); see also þafian. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*ga-}} Proto-Germanic *ga- Head templates: {{ang-adj|ġeþafa}} ġeþafa Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|ġeþafa}} Forms: ġeþafa [canonical], weak [table-tags], ġeþafa [masculine, nominative, singular], ġeþafe [feminine, nominative, singular], ġeþafe [neuter, nominative, singular], ġeþafan [accusative, masculine, singular], ġeþafan [accusative, feminine, singular], ġeþafe [accusative, neuter, singular], ġeþafan [genitive, masculine, singular], ġeþafan [feminine, genitive, singular], ġeþafan [genitive, neuter, singular], ġeþafan [dative, masculine, singular], ġeþafan [dative, feminine, singular], ġeþafan [dative, neuter, singular], ġeþafan [instrumental, masculine, singular], ġeþafan [feminine, instrumental, singular], ġeþafan [instrumental, neuter, singular], ġeþafan [masculine, nominative, plural], ġeþafan [feminine, nominative, plural], ġeþafan [neuter, nominative, plural], ġeþafan [accusative, masculine, plural], ġeþafan [accusative, feminine, plural], ġeþafan [accusative, neuter, plural], ġeþafra [genitive, masculine, plural], ġeþafena [genitive, masculine, plural], ġeþafra [feminine, genitive, plural], ġeþafena [feminine, genitive, plural], ġeþafra [genitive, neuter, plural], ġeþafena [genitive, neuter, plural], ġeþafum [dative, masculine, plural], ġeþafum [dative, feminine, plural], ġeþafum [dative, neuter, plural], ġeþafum [instrumental, masculine, plural], ġeþafum [feminine, instrumental, plural], ġeþafum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. indicates consent to, agreeance with, acquiescence to, or support for something (+ genitive or dative of thing) Related terms: þafian, ġeþafian
    Sense id: en-geþafa-ang-adj-V0bGyjiz Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /jeˈθɑ.fɑ/, [jeˈθɑ.vɑ] Forms: ġeþafa [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|ang|verb form|head=ġeþafa}} ġeþafa
  1. singular imperative of ġeþafian Tags: form-of, imperative, singular Form of: ġeþafian
    Sense id: en-geþafa-ang-verb-sfc8zPki Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "singular imperative of ġeþafian"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ġeþafian",
          "geþafian#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jeˈθɑ.fɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jeˈθɑ.vɑ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "geþafa"
}

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