adræfan
Old English
Etymology
By surface analysis, ā- + dræfan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːˈdræ.fɑn/, [ɑːˈdræ.vɑn]
Verb
ādræfan
- to drive away, expel
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- Æfter þyssere sprǣċe cōmon ðā drȳmen, and hæfdon him mid tweġen ormǣte dracan, ðǣra orðung ācwealde þæt earme mennisċ: ac sē apostol Matheus þā dracan ġeswefode, and siððan of ðām lande adrǣfde, swā þæt hī næfre siððan þǣr ġesewene nǣron.
- After this speech came the sorcerers, who had two enormous dragons which them, whose breath killed that poor man: but the apostle Matthew lulled the dragons to sleep, and then drove them from the land, so that they have never been seen there since.
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Conjugation
Conjugation of ādræfan (weak, class 1)
| infinitive | ādræfan | ādræfenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | ādræfe | ādræfde |
| second person singular | ādræfest, ādræfst | ādræfdest |
| third person singular | ādræfeþ, ādræfþ | ādræfde |
| plural | ādræfaþ | ādræfdon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | ādræfe | ādræfde |
| plural | ādræfen | ādræfden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | ādræf | |
| plural | ādræfaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| ādræfende | ādræfed | |
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “a-drǽfan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.