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ge-þafung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ge-þafung, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§373;
Permission, allowance, assent, consent; permissio, assensus, consensus
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  • Mid Earnulfes geþafunge

    with Arnulf's permission,

      Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 3.
  • Be his geþafunge gecyrde se apostol

    by his permission the apostle returned,

      Homl. Th. i. 60, 6: Th. Ch. 526, 21.
  • On húse Godes we eodon mid geþafunge

    in dŏmo Dei ambulāvĭmus cum consensu,

      Ps. Spl. C. 54, 15: Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 25.
  • Ðyssum wordum óðer ðæs cyninges wita and ealdormann geþafunge sealde, and to ðære sprǽce féng

    cujus suasiōni verbisque prudentĭbus alius optĭmātum trĭbŭens assensum, contĭnuo subdĭdit,

      Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 12: 4, 8; S. 576, note 5.
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v.  þafung.
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