dufan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dūban, from Proto-Germanic *dūbaną (“to dive, sink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduː.fɑn/, [ˈduː.vɑn]

Verb

dūfan

1. to dive, sink

Conjugation

Conjugation of dūfan (strong class 2)

infinitive	dūfan	dūfenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	dūfe	dēaf
second person singular	dȳfst	dufe
third person singular	dȳfþ	dēaf
plural	dūfaþ	dufon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	dūfe	dufe
plural	dūfen	dufen
imperative
singular	dūf
plural	dūfaþ
participle	present	past
	dūfende	(ġe)dofen

Derived terms

• bedūfan
• ġedūfan
• þurhdūfan

Related terms

• dūfedoppa
• dȳfan

Descendants

• Middle English: duven

References

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