gedafenian

Old English

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ dafenian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈdɑ.fe.ni.ɑn/, [jeˈdɑ.ve.ni.ɑn]

Verb

gedafenian

1. to be becoming or fit, to behove (chiefly impersonal, with dative subject)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġedafenian (weak class 2)

infinitive	ġedafenian	ġedafenienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġedafeniġe	ġedafenode
second person singular	ġedafenast	ġedafenodest
third person singular	ġedafenaþ	ġedafenode
plural	ġedafeniaþ	ġedafenodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġedafeniġe	ġedafenode
plural	ġedafeniġen	ġedafenoden
imperative
singular	ġedafena
plural	ġedafeniaþ
participle	present	past
	ġedafeniende	ġedafenod

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gedafenian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.