þafung
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
þafung f
- consent, permission
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
- Be his þafunge.
- By his leave.
- Þū wēndest þæt sēo wyrd þās weorold wende būtan Godes ġeþeahte and his þafunge.
- Thou weenedest that fate turns this world without God's purpose and without his permission.
- Ne mæġ se dēofol mannum derian būtan Godes þafunge.
- Nor can the devil hurt men unless with God's consent.
- Þæt wæs mid Earnwulfes þafunge.
- That was with Ernwolf's consent.
- Vlesches fondunge goð to uorð upe me þurch min þafunge.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
Declension[edit]
Declension of þafung (strong ō-stem)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ÞAFUNG”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “þafung”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Old English to Modern English Translator