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ge-þafa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ge-þafa, an; m. [geþafian to consent]
A favourer, supporter, helper, assenter, consenter; fautor, adjūtor
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  • He biþ ryhtes geþeahtes geþafa

    he is the supporter of good designs,

    • Past. 42, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 306, 14
      • ;
    • Hat. MS. 58 a, 17: Cd. 22
      • ;
    • Th. 127, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 414.

  • Hwí ne eart ðú his geþafa

    why art thou not an assenter to this?

    • Bt. 26, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 92, 13: L. De Cf. 7
      • ;
    • Th. ii, 262, 30.

  • Ic eom geþafa

    I am convinced, I am an assenter,

    • Bt. 35, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 156, 13: 36, 5
      • ;
    • Fox, 180, 16: 38, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 196, 16.

  • Gif ðé mon for rihtre scylde brócie, geþola hit wel and beó his wel geþafa

    if thou art afflicted for a just cause, bear it well and assent to it readily,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 45.

  • Ðá næs Æðelm ná fullíce geþafa

    then Æthelm did not fully assent,

    • Th. Ch. 171, 4.

  • We sceolon beón geþafan

    we must necessarily be consenters,

    • Bt. 34, 12
      • ;
    • Fox 154, 7.
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v.  -þafa ge-þæf.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þafa.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/16415.

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