abufan
Old English
Alternative forms
- onbufan
Etymology
From ā- + bufan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːˈbu.fɑn/, [ɑːˈbu.vɑn]
Adverb
ābufan
- above
Descendants
- Middle English: aboven, above, abuven
- English: above, aboon
- ⇒? English: bove
- Scots: abuin, abune, abane, abeen, abine, abin; abeun, abön; aboon
- Yola: aboo
- English: above, aboon
References
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “a-búfan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.