geþafian – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of geþafian

Infinitive

ġeþafian
ġeþafienne

Participles

Presentġeþafiende
Pastġeþafod

Indicative

Present

1st sing.ġeþafiġe
2nd sing.ġeþafast
3rd sing.ġeþafaþ
1st plur.ġeþafiaþ
2nd plur.ġeþafiaþ
3rd plur.ġeþafiaþ

Past

1st sing.ġeþafode
2nd sing.ġeþafodest
3rd sing.ġeþafode
1st plur.ġeþafodon
2nd plur.ġeþafodon
3rd plur.ġeþafodon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.ġeþafiġe
2nd sing.ġeþafiġe
3rd sing.ġeþafiġe
1st plur.ġeþafiġen
2nd plur.ġeþafiġen
3rd plur.ġeþafiġen

Past

1st sing.ġeþafode
2nd sing.ġeþafode
3rd sing.ġeþafode
1st plur.ġeþafoden
2nd plur.ġeþafoden
3rd plur.ġeþafoden

Imperative

Singularġeþafa
Pluralġeþafiaþ

Etymology

From ġe- + þafian

Sample Sentences

  • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  • Woruldcara, and welan, and flǣsċlīċe lustas forsmoriað ðǣs mōdes ðrotan, and ne geðafiað gōdne willan infaran tō his heortan, swilċe hī ðone līflīċan blǣd forðrǣstne ācwellon. Twā wiðerrǣde ðing geðēodde Drihten on ðisum cwyde, þæt sind ymhīdiġnyssa and lustas. (Concern about worldly things, and wealth, and carnal lusts choke the throat of the mind, and do not allow good will into the heart, as if they killed it by crushing the living fruit. The Lord connected two contrary things in this saying, which are cares and lusts.)

Cognates

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