adeafian

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, ā- +‎ dēaf (“deaf”) +‎ -ian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈdæ͜ɑː.fi.ɑn/, [ɑːˈdæ͜ɑː.vi.ɑn]

Verb

ādēafian

1. to deafen, become deaf

References

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