ahabban

ahabban

Old English

Alternative forms

• onhabban

Etymology

Equivalent to ā- +‎ habban.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈhɑb.bɑn/

Verb

āhabban

1. (transitive, reflexive) to restrain one's self, abstain from (+ fram)
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online

     Hīe hīe fram wīfum āhæfden.

     They abstained from women.

2. to support

Conjugation

Conjugation of āhabban (weak class 3)

infinitive	āhabban	tō [[āhabbenne, āhæbbenne
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	āhæbbe	āhæfde
2nd-person singular	āhæfst, āhafast	āhæfdest
3rd-person singular	āhæfþ, āhafaþ	āhæfde
plural	āhabbaþ	āhæfdon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	āhæbbe	āhæfde
plural	āhæbben	āhæfden
imperative
singular	āhafa
plural	āhabbaþ
participle	present	past
	āhæbbende	āhæfed, āhæfd

References

• Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary