þafian

== Old English == === Alternative forms === þafan, þeafian === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *þabōną, from *þabaz (“fitting; appropriate”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθɑ.fi.ɑn/, [ˈθɑ.vi.ɑn] === Verb === þafian to consent or agree to, to let happen or be done, to take up 9th century, "Elene", ll. 605-608 10th century, "The Old English Rule of St. Benedict" Ch. LVIII. Cotton Tiberius A. iii, fol. 155a. to submit to, to suffer, to bear 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project Ðé þincþ se earmra se ðæt yfel déþ ðonne se ðe hit þafaþ. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) Sum gewealden-mód þafaþ in geþylde ðæt hé sceal. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) Eal ðæt hé for ús þafode and ðolode. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) Ða eádigan martyras mænigfealde earfoðnyssa ðafedon. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) Se þeódcyning ðafian sceolde Eofores ánne dóm. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) Ic sceal þinga gehwylc þolian and þafian on ðínne dóm. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) Hié derede ægðer ge þurst ge hæte, and ealne ðone dæg wæron ðæt þafiende. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) to bear with, to tolerate 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project Hé ilde and ðafode ða scylda and ðeáh hé him gecýðde. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) Þatt Godd ne þole nohht ne þafe laþe gastess to winnenn oferrhannd off uss. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== forberan geþolian geþyldan geþyldigian þolian þwærlæcan ==== Derived terms ==== geþafa geþafian geþafung þafung ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: thaven === References === John R. Clark Hall (1916), “þafian”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan Old English to Modern English Translator