ahebban

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *uʀhabbjan, from Proto-Germanic *uzhabjaną. Equivalent to Compound of ā +‎ hebban. Cognate with Old Saxon āhebbian, Old High German irheven, irheffen (whence German erheben), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ushafjan). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑːˈxeb.bɑn/, [ɑːˈheb.bɑn] === Verb === āhebban to heave or lift up, raise from low to high, elevate, exalt, ferment to build, erect to raise, as to make louder c. 992, Ælfric, "Preface" (figuratively) to bear, support, uphold, give higher worth to, puff up (figuratively) to remove (figuratively) to give rise to, raise a laugh, ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Notes on Conjugation ==== See hebban for notes on the forms. ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: ahebben === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “áhebban”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.