"þafian" meaning in Old English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈθɑ.fi.ɑn/, [ˈθɑ.vi.ɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *þabōną, from *þabaz (“fitting; appropriate”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*þabōną}} Proto-Germanic *þabōną, {{m|gem-pro|*þabaz||fitting; appropriate}} *þabaz (“fitting; appropriate”) Head templates: {{ang-verb|þafian}} þafian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|þafian<w2>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], þafian [infinitive], þafienne [infinitive], þafiġe [first-person, present, singular], þafode [first-person, past, singular], þafast [present, second-person, singular], þafodest [past, second-person, singular], þafaþ [present, singular, third-person], þafode [past, singular, third-person], þafiaþ [plural, present], þafodon [past, plural], þafiġe [present, singular], þafode [past, singular], þafiġen [plural, present], þafoden [past, plural], þafa [imperative, past, present, singular], þafiaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], þafiende [imperative, present], þafod [imperative, past], ġeþafod [imperative, past]
  1. to consent or agree to, to let happen or be done, to take up
    Sense id: en-þafian-ang-verb-z-iPc2fX Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 51 4 45
  2. to submit to, to suffer, to bear
    Sense id: en-þafian-ang-verb-mR85sGbY
  3. to bear with, to tolerate
    Sense id: en-þafian-ang-verb-9IVDoEYY Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 51 4 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forberan, geþolian, geþyldan, geþyldigian, þolian, þwærlæcan, þafan, þeafian Derived forms: geþafa, geþafian, geþafung, þafung

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "geþafa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "geþafian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "geþafung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "þafung"
    }
  ],
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          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "thaven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: thaven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: thaven"
    }
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*þabaz",
        "3": "",
        "4": "fitting; appropriate"
      },
      "expansion": "*þabaz (“fitting; appropriate”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *þabōną, from *þabaz (“fitting; appropriate”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþafod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        },
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          "ref": "(with accusative)",
          "text": "Swá hwylc swá morþorslege þafaþ and hine man ðonne fremmeþ.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "(with dative)",
          "text": "Gé þafiaþ eówer fædera weorcum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "(with clause)",
          "text": "Gif hé þafaþ ðæt hé út gá of minstre.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "to consent or agree to, to let happen or be done, to take up"
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          "consent",
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          "happen",
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        ],
        [
          "take up",
          "take up"
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      ]
    },
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        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "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 quotation)",
          "text": "Sum gewealden-mód þafaþ in geþylde ðæt hé sceal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to submit to, to suffer, to bear"
      ],
      "id": "en-þafian-ang-verb-mR85sGbY",
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          "submit",
          "submit"
        ],
        [
          "suffer",
          "suffer"
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          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "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 quotation)",
          "text": "Þatt Godd ne þole nohht ne þafe laþe gastess to winnenn oferrhannd off uss.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bear with, to tolerate"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "bear",
          "bear"
        ],
        [
          "tolerate",
          "tolerate"
        ]
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθɑ.fi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈθɑ.vi.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "forberan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "geþolian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "geþyldan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "geþyldigian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "þolian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "þwærlæcan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "þafan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "þeafian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þafian"
}
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Old English verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "geþafa"
    },
    {
      "word": "geþafian"
    },
    {
      "word": "geþafung"
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    {
      "word": "þafung"
    }
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
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      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "þafian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þafod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeþafod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Old English quotations"
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        {
          "text": "1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "(with accusative)",
          "text": "Swá hwylc swá morþorslege þafaþ and hine man ðonne fremmeþ.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "(with dative)",
          "text": "Gé þafiaþ eówer fædera weorcum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "(with clause)",
          "text": "Gif hé þafaþ ðæt hé út gá of minstre.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to consent or agree to, to let happen or be done, to take up"
      ],
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          "consent",
          "consent"
        ],
        [
          "agree",
          "agree"
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          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "take up",
          "take up"
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    },
    {
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        "Requests for translations of Old English quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "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 quotation)",
          "text": "Sum gewealden-mód þafaþ in geþylde ðæt hé sceal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to submit to, to suffer, to bear"
      ],
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          "submit",
          "submit"
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        [
          "suffer",
          "suffer"
        ],
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "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 quotation)",
          "text": "Þatt Godd ne þole nohht ne þafe laþe gastess to winnenn oferrhannd off uss.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bear with, to tolerate"
      ],
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        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ],
        [
          "tolerate",
          "tolerate"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθɑ.fi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈθɑ.vi.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "forberan"
    },
    {
      "word": "geþolian"
    },
    {
      "word": "geþyldan"
    },
    {
      "word": "geþyldigian"
    },
    {
      "word": "þolian"
    },
    {
      "word": "þwærlæcan"
    },
    {
      "word": "þafan"
    },
    {
      "word": "þeafian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þafian"
}

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