æfen – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of æfen

Noun: æfen
Gender:

Nominative

Singularǣfen
Pluralǣfennas

Genitive

Singularǣfennes
Pluralǣfenna

Dative

Singularǣfenne
Pluralǣfennum

Accusative

Singularǣfen
Pluralǣfennas

Sample Sentences

  • mōnanǣfen (Sunday evening)
  • *ġēolǣfen (Christmas Eve)

Nouns inflected like æfen

æfen,

Etymology

Form reflects Proto-West Germanic *āban, a byform or derivative of *ābanþ. Cognate with Old Frisian ēvend, Old Saxon āvand, Old Dutch āvont, Old High German āband, Old Norse aptann. See: Old Norse Nouns 'aptann'.

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