Noun: geþafa
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | ġeþafa |
| Plural | ġeþafan |
Genitive
| Singular | ġeþafan |
| Plural | ġeþafena |
Dative
| Singular | ġeþafan |
| Plural | ġeþafum |
Accusative
| Singular | ġeþafan |
| Plural | ġeþafan |
Sample Sentences
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c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
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Hī nyllað ġeðafan bēon ōðerra monna ġeðeahtes. (They do not wish to be supporters of other peoples' counsel.)
Nouns inflected like geþafa
gebedda,
geclofa,
gedwola,
geoloca,
gelonda,
gelanda,
gelenda,
geselda,
getwisa,
gierela,
gefultuma,
giefa,
gimwyrhta,
gefædera,
gedrinca,
gefara,
gealla,
gealga,
gemaca,
genefa, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Likely from ġeþafian (“to favour; to permit, allow”) + -a. Alternatively, possibly from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *þabaz (“fitting; appropriate”) (see Usage Notes and Etymology 2), whence also ġeþafian.
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