ahabban
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
āhabban
- (transitive, reflexive) to restrain one's self, abstain from (+ fram)
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
- Hīe hīe fram wīfum āhæfden.
- They abstained from women.
- to support
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of āhabban (weak class 3)
infinitive | āhabban | āhæbbenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | āhæbbe | āhæfde |
second person singular | āhæfst | āhæfdest |
third person singular | āhæfþ | āhæfde |
plural | āhabbaþ | āhæfdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | āhæbbe | āhæfde |
plural | āhæbben | āhæfden |
imperative | ||
singular | āhafa | |
plural | āhabbaþ | |
participle | present | past |
āhæbbende | āhæfd |
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ahabban”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.