dafen
See also: Dafen
Old English
Alternative forms
- *defen
Etymology
Originally from the past participle of Proto-Germanic *dabaną (“to pass, happen, occur, fit”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“appropriate, good, fitting”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.fen/, [ˈdɑ.ven]
Adjective
dafen
- becoming, fit, suitable, fitting, proper
- convenient
Declension
Declension of dafen — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dafen | dafen | dafen |
| Accusative | dafenne | dafene | dafen |
| Genitive | dafenes | dafenre | dafenes |
| Dative | dafenum | dafenre | dafenum |
| Instrumental | dafene | dafenre | dafene |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | dafene | dafena, dafene | dafen |
| Accusative | dafene | dafena, dafene | dafen |
| Genitive | dafenra | dafenra | dafenra |
| Dative | dafenum | dafenum | dafenum |
| Instrumental | dafenum | dafenum | dafenum |
Declension of dafen — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dafena | dafene | dafene |
| Accusative | dafenan | dafenan | dafene |
| Genitive | dafenan | dafenan | dafenan |
| Dative | dafenan | dafenan | dafenan |
| Instrumental | dafenan | dafenan | dafenan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | dafenan | dafenan | dafenan |
| Accusative | dafenan | dafenan | dafenan |
| Genitive | dafenra, dafenena | dafenra, dafenena | dafenra, dafenena |
| Dative | dafenum | dafenum | dafenum |
| Instrumental | dafenum | dafenum | dafenum |
Derived terms
- dafenlīċ (“fit, becoming, proper, suitable, right, convenient”)
- dafenlīċe (“fittingly, becomingly, properly, suitably, rightly, unconvenient”)
- dafenlīcnes (“fit time, opportunity, convenience”)
- ġedafen (“fit, becoming, proper, suitable, right, convenient”)
- ġedaflīċ
- unġedafenlīċ, unġedæftenlic (“improper, unseemly, unseasonable, inopportune, inconvenient, troublesome”)
- unġedafenlīċe, unġedæftlīċe (“unseasonably, inopportunely, inconveniently, improperly, unduly, unreasonably, unjustly, unsuitably”)
- unġedæftnes (“untimely intervention or interruption, inconvenience”)
- unġedafenlicnes (“unfitness, inconvenience”)
Related terms
- dafenian, dafnian (“to beseem, befit, be right, to be convenient, be appropriate”)
- dēfe (“befitting, suitable, proper: meek, gentle, kindly”)
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916), “dafen”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “dafen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.