defe
See also: dəfə
Mapudungun edit
Noun edit
defe (Unified spelling)
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *dōbī, from Proto-Germanic *dōbiz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dēfe
Declension edit
Declension of dēfe — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | dēfe | dēfu, dēfo | dēfe |
Accusative | dēfne | dēfe | dēfe |
Genitive | dēfes | dēfre | dēfes |
Dative | dēfum | dēfre | dēfum |
Instrumental | dēfe | dēfre | dēfe |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | dēfe | dēfa, dēfe | dēfu, dēfo |
Accusative | dēfe | dēfa, dēfe | dēfu, dēfo |
Genitive | dēfra | dēfra | dēfra |
Dative | dēfum | dēfum | dēfum |
Instrumental | dēfum | dēfum | dēfum |
Declension of dēfe — Weak
Adverb edit
dēfe
Derived terms edit
- dēfelīċ (“fit, becoming, proper”)
- dēfelīċe (“fit, becoming, properly”)
- dēfnes (“mildness, gentleness”)
Related terms edit
- dafen (“fit, becoming, proper, suitable, right, convenient”)
References edit
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “defe”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “defe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.