"caf" meaning in Old English

See caf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kɑːf/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *kaibaz (“strong, lively, brave”). Etymology templates: {{ety|ang|:inh|gmw-pro:*kaib<ety:inh<gem-pro:*kaibaz>>}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*geybʰ-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*kaibaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*kaib", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "caf", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" }" data-lang="ang" data-title="caf">, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*kaibaz|t=strong, lively, brave}} Proto-Germanic *kaibaz (“strong, lively, brave”), {{ety|ang|:inh|gmw-pro:*kaib<ety:inh<gem-pro:*kaibaz>>}} Head templates: {{ang-adj|cāf}} cāf Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|cāf}} Forms: cāf [canonical], strong [table-tags], cāf [masculine, nominative, singular], cāf [feminine, nominative, singular], cāf [neuter, nominative, singular], cāfne [accusative, masculine, singular], cāfe [accusative, feminine, singular], cāf [accusative, neuter, singular], cāfes [genitive, masculine, singular], cāfre [feminine, genitive, singular], cāfes [genitive, neuter, singular], cāfum [dative, masculine, singular], cāfre [dative, feminine, singular], cāfum [dative, neuter, singular], cāfe [instrumental, masculine, singular], cāfre [feminine, instrumental, singular], cāfe [instrumental, neuter, singular], cāfe [masculine, nominative, plural], cāfa [feminine, nominative, plural], cāfe [feminine, nominative, plural], cāf [neuter, nominative, plural], cāfe [accusative, masculine, plural], cāfa [accusative, feminine, plural], cāfe [accusative, feminine, plural], cāf [accusative, neuter, plural], cāfra [genitive, masculine, plural], cāfra [feminine, genitive, plural], cāfra [genitive, neuter, plural], cāfum [dative, masculine, plural], cāfum [dative, feminine, plural], cāfum [dative, neuter, plural], cāfum [instrumental, masculine, plural], cāfum [feminine, instrumental, plural], cāfum [instrumental, neuter, plural], weak [table-tags], cāfa [masculine, nominative, singular], cāfe [feminine, nominative, singular], cāfe [neuter, nominative, singular], cāfan [accusative, masculine, singular], cāfan [accusative, feminine, singular], cāfe [accusative, neuter, singular], cāfan [genitive, masculine, singular], cāfan [feminine, genitive, singular], cāfan [genitive, neuter, singular], cāfan [dative, masculine, singular], cāfan [dative, feminine, singular], cāfan [dative, neuter, singular], cāfan [instrumental, masculine, singular], cāfan [feminine, instrumental, singular], cāfan [instrumental, neuter, singular], cāfan [masculine, nominative, plural], cāfan [feminine, nominative, plural], cāfan [neuter, nominative, plural], cāfan [accusative, masculine, plural], cāfan [accusative, feminine, plural], cāfan [accusative, neuter, plural], cāfra [genitive, masculine, plural], cāfena [genitive, masculine, plural], cāfra [feminine, genitive, plural], cāfena [feminine, genitive, plural], cāfra [genitive, neuter, plural], cāfena [genitive, neuter, plural], cāfum [dative, masculine, plural], cāfum [dative, feminine, plural], cāfum [dative, neuter, plural], cāfum [instrumental, masculine, plural], cāfum [feminine, instrumental, plural], cāfum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. quick, sharp, prompt, nimble, swift
    Sense id: en-caf-ang-adj-Ot52Z62d Categories (other): Old English entries with etymon, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Old English entries with etymon: 100 0 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 100 0
  2. bold, brave
    Sense id: en-caf-ang-adj-XPwBUpS~
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          "cāfa",
          "cafa#Old_English"
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          "cāfa",
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          "cāf",
          "caf#Old_English"
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          "cāfra",
          "cafra#Old_English"
        ]
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "cāfan",
      "links": [
        [
          "cāfan",
          "cafan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāfan",
      "links": [
        [
          "cāfan",
          "cafan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāfan",
      "links": [
        [
          "cāfan",
          "cafan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāfra",
      "links": [
        [
          "cāfra",
          "cafra#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāfena",
      "links": [
        [
          "cāfena",
          "cafena#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāfra",
      "links": [
        [
          "cāfra",
          "cafra#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāfena",
      "links": [
        [
          "cāfena",
          "cafena#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāfra",
      "links": [
        [
          "cāfra",
          "cafra#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāfena",
      "links": [
        [
          "cāfena",
          "cafena#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāfum",
      "links": [
        [
          "cāfum",
          "cafum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāfum",
      "links": [
        [
          "cāfum",
          "cafum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāfum",
      "links": [
        [
          "cāfum",
          "cafum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāfum",
      "links": [
        [
          "cāfum",
          "cafum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāfum",
      "links": [
        [
          "cāfum",
          "cafum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cāfum",
      "links": [
        [
          "cāfum",
          "cafum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cāf"
      },
      "expansion": "cāf",
      "name": "ang-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cāf"
      },
      "name": "ang-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "quick, sharp, prompt, nimble, swift"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ],
        [
          "sharp",
          "sharp"
        ],
        [
          "prompt",
          "prompt"
        ],
        [
          "nimble",
          "nimble"
        ],
        [
          "swift",
          "swift"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bold, brave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bold",
          "bold"
        ],
        [
          "brave",
          "brave"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑːf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caf"
}

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