æfen

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ēfen, ēfern === Etymology === Form reflects Proto-West Germanic *āban, a byform or derivative of *ābanþ. Cognate with Old Frisian ēvend, Old Saxon āƀand, Old Dutch āvont, Old High German ābant, Old Norse aptann. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæː.fen/, [ˈæː.ven] === Noun === ǣfen m evening eve: the day/evening/night before something mōnanǣfen ― Sunday evening *ġēolǣfen ― Christmas Eve (Christianity) vespers ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Synonyms ==== (hour): ǣfentīd, ǣfentīma (vespers): ǣfendrēam, ǣfengebēd, ǣfenhrepsung, ǣfensang ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: even, evene, efenEnglish: evenScots: evinYola: e'en === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ǢFEN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.