ahabban

Old English

Alternative forms

• onhabban

Etymology

Equivalent to ā- +‎ habban.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈxɑb.bɑn/, [ɑːˈhɑb.bɑn]

Verb

āhabban

1. (transitive, reflexive) to restrain one's self, abstain from (+ fram)
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

     Hīe hīe fram wīfum āhæfden.

     They abstained from women.

2. to support

Conjugation

Conjugation of āhabban (weak class 3)

infinitive	āhabban	āhæbbenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	āhæbbe	āhæfde
second person singular	āhæfst	āhæfdest
third person singular	āhæfþ	āhæfde
plural	āhabbaþ	āhæfdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	āhæbbe	āhæfde
plural	āhæbben	āhæfden
imperative
singular	āhafa
plural	āhabbaþ
participle	present	past
	āhæbbende	āhæfd

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ahabban”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.