Participles
| Present | þafiende |
| Past | (ġe)þafod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | þafiġe |
| 2nd sing. | þafast |
| 3rd sing. | þafaþ |
| 1st plur. | þafiaþ |
| 2nd plur. | þafiaþ |
| 3rd plur. | þafiaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | þafode |
| 2nd sing. | þafodest |
| 3rd sing. | þafode |
| 1st plur. | þafodon |
| 2nd plur. | þafodon |
| 3rd plur. | þafodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | þafiġe |
| 2nd sing. | þafiġe |
| 3rd sing. | þafiġe |
| 1st plur. | þafiġen |
| 2nd plur. | þafiġen |
| 3rd plur. | þafiġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | þafode |
| 2nd sing. | þafode |
| 3rd sing. | þafode |
| 1st plur. | þafoden |
| 2nd plur. | þafoden |
| 3rd plur. | þafoden |
Imperative
| Singular | þafa |
| Plural | þafiaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'þafian'
cnossian,
hwisprian,
hwistlian,
sagian,
sacian,
sadian,
solian,
siwian,
sipian,
yrsian,
myrþrian,
fuglian,
fundian,
fulwian,
fullian,
leornian,
borcian,
borgian,
beorhtian,
wohhian, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'þafian'
lafian,
wafian,
þanian,
þawian,
þefian,
þrafian,
þufian,
arian,
axian,
badian,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þabōną, from *þabaz (“fitting; appropriate”).
Sample Sentences
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9th century, "Elene", ll. 605-608 (Two things are prepared for you, both life and death as it best please you to choose; say at once which you are willing to consent to.)
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10th century, "The Old English Rule of St. Benedict" Ch. LVIII. Cotton Tiberius A. iii, fol. 155a.
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Þā rēaf mid þām þe hē wæs unsċrīd bēon ġelōgodre on rægulhūse tō ġehealdenna æt suman ċyrre tihtendum dēofle ġif hē þafað þæt hē utgā of minstre. (The clothing that he was divested of should be placed in the monastery to retain should he at some point by the inciting Devil agree to leave the minster.)
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Sum gewealden-mód þafaþ in geþylde ðæt hé sceal. ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [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)]
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Þatt Godd ne þole nohht ne þafe laþe gastess to winnenn oferrhannd off uss. ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [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)]
Cognates
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