dafen

== Old English == === Alternative forms === *defen === Etymology === Originally from the past participle of Proto-Germanic *dabaną (“to pass, happen, occur, fit”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.fen/, [ˈdɑ.ven] === Adjective === dafen becoming, fit, suitable, fitting, proper convenient ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== dafenian, gedafenian, dafnian (“to beseem, befit, be right, to be convenient, be appropriate”) dēfe (“befitting, suitable, proper: meek, gentle, kindly”) === References === John R. Clark Hall (1916), “dafen”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “dafen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[2], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.