dafen

Old English

Etymology

Originally from the past participle of Proto-Germanic *dabaną (“to pass, happen, occur, fit”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰabʰ- (“appropriate, good, fitting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.fen/, [ˈdɑ.ven]

Noun

dafen ?

1. what is fitting

Adjective

dafen

1. becoming, fit, suitable, fitting, proper
2. convenient

Declension

Declension of dafen — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dafen	dafen	dafen
Accusative	dafenne	dafene	dafen
Genitive	dafenes	dafenre	dafenes
Dative	dafenum	dafenre	dafenum
Instrumental	dafene	dafenre	dafene
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dafene	dafena, dafene	dafen
Accusative	dafene	dafena, dafene	dafen
Genitive	dafenra	dafenra	dafenra
Dative	dafenum	dafenum	dafenum
Instrumental	dafenum	dafenum	dafenum

Declension of dafen — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dafena	dafene	dafene
Accusative	dafenan	dafenan	dafene
Genitive	dafenan	dafenan	dafenan
Dative	dafenan	dafenan	dafenan
Instrumental	dafenan	dafenan	dafenan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dafenan	dafenan	dafenan
Accusative	dafenan	dafenan	dafenan
Genitive	dafenra, dafenena	dafenra, dafenena	dafenra, dafenena
Dative	dafenum	dafenum	dafenum
Instrumental	dafenum	dafenum	dafenum

Derived terms

• dafenlīċ, daflīċ (“fit, becoming, proper, suitable, right, convenient”)
• dafenlīċe (“fittingly, becomingly, properly, suitably, rightly, unconvenient”)
• dafenlīcnes (“fit time, opportunity, convenience”)
• gedafen (“fit, becoming, proper, suitable, right, convenient”)
• unġedafenlīċ, unġedæftenlic (“improper, unseemly, unseasonable, inopportune, inconvenient, troublesome”)
• unġedafenlīċe, unġedæftlīċe (“unseasonably, inopportunely, inconveniently, improperly, unduly, unreasonably, unjustly, unsuitably”)
• unġedæftnes (“untimely intervention or interruption, inconvenience”)
• unġedafenlicnes (“unfitness, inconvenience”)

Related terms

• dafenian, deofenian (“to beseem, befit, be right, to be convenient”)
• 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 and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dafen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.