þafung
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθɑ.funɡ/, [ˈθɑ.vuŋɡ]
Noun
þafung f
- consent, permission
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
- Be his þafunge.
- By his leave.
- Þū wēndest þæt sēo wyrd þās weorold wende būtan Godes ġeþeahte and his þafunge.
- Thou weenedest that fate turns this world without God's purpose and without his permission.
- Ne mæġ se dēofol mannum derian būtan Godes þafunge.
- Nor can the devil hurt men unless with God's consent.
- Þæt wæs mid Earnwulfes þafunge.
- That was with Ernwolf's consent.
- Vlesches fondunge goð to uorð upe me þurch min þafunge.
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- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
Declension
Declension of þafung (strong ō-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | þafung | þafunga, þafunge |
| accusative | þafunge | þafunga, þafunge |
| genitive | þafunge | þafunga |
| dative | þafunge | þafungum |
Synonyms
- ġeþafsumnes
- ġeþafung
- ġeþēodsumnes
- ġeþwǣrung
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ÞAFUNG”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “þafung”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Old English to Modern English Translator
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