geþafian

Old English

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ þafian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈθɑ.fi.ɑn/, [jeˈθɑ.vi.ɑn]

Verb

ġeþafian

  1. to favor
  2. to permit, allow
    • 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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeþafian (weak, class 2)
infinitive ġeþafian ġeþafienne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular ġeþafiġe ġeþafode
second person singular ġeþafast ġeþafodest
third person singular ġeþafaþ ġeþafode
plural ġeþafiaþ ġeþafodon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular ġeþafiġe ġeþafode
plural ġeþafiġen ġeþafoden
imperative
singular ġeþafa
plural ġeþafiaþ
participle present past
ġeþafiende ġeþafod
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