antefn

Old English

Alternative forms

• antefen

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnˌtefn/, [ˈɑnˌtevn]

Noun

antefn ?

1. anthem

Descendants

• Middle English: anteme, antimne, antempne, antheme, antime, antyme, antem, antym, antefen, antephne, anthephene, antefne
  • English: anthem
    • → Welsh: anthem
  • Scots: anthem

References

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