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þafian

  • verb [ weak ]
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þafian, p. ode.
to consent to, agree with, approve of, assent to, allow, permit.
with accusative
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  • Ic Beágmund ðis ðeafie and wríte, Chart. Th. 472, 22, 24, 28, 19, and often. Swá hwylc swá morþorslege þafaþ and hine man ðonne fremmeþ

    quicunque ad homicidium consenserit, et id postea factum fuerit,

      L. Ecg. C. 22; Th. ii. 148, 14.

  • Heó hine monede ðæt hé weoruldhád forlǽte and munucháde onnfénge. Ond hé ðæt well ðafode

    he readily consented to it,

      Bd. 4. 24; S. 598, 3.

  • Ðé sint tú gearu swá líf swá deáð, swá ðé leófre biþ tó geceósanne; cýð hwæt ðú ðæs tó þinge þafian wille

    say which alternative you mean to accept,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1213; El. 608.

  • Nǽfre ic ðæs þeódnes þafian wille mǽgrǽdenne

    I will never consent to marriage with the prince,

      Exod. Th. 249, 8; Jul. 108.
with dative
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  • Gé þafiaþ eówer fædera weorcum

    consentitis operibus patrum uestrorum,

      Lk. Skt. 11, 48.

  • Ðafande woeron feh him tó seallanne

    pacti sunt pecuniam illi dare,

      Lind. 22, 5.
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  • Gif hé þafaþ ðæt hé út gá of minstre

    si consenserit, ut egrediatur de monasterio,

      R. Ben. Interl. 98, 17.

  • Þafodest ðú ðæt mé þeówmennen drehte,

      Cd. Th. 135, 21; Gen. 2246.

  • Þafa ðæt ic út ádó ðæt mot of ðínum eágan

    sine eiciam festucam de oculo tuo,

      Mt. Kmbl. 7, 4.

  • Ða eorlas þafigan ne woldon ðæt hié forléton leófne láreów,

      Andr. Kmbl. 804; An. 402.
to submit to, bear, suffer, endure
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  • Ðé þincþ se earmra se ðæt yfel déþ ðonne se ðe hit þafaþ

    miserior tibi injuriae illator, quam acceptor esse videretur,

      Bt. 38, 6; Fox 208, 19.

  • Sum gewealden-mód þafaþ in geþylde ðæt hé sceal,

      Exon. Th. 297, 20; Crä. 77.

  • Eal ðæt hé for ús þafode and ðolode,

      Wulfst. 23, 22.

  • Ða eádigan martyras mænigfealde earfoðnyssa ðafedon,

      Homl. Skt. i. 23, 12, 89.

  • Se þeódcyning ðafian sceolde Eofores ánne dóm,

      Beo. Th. 5919; B. 2963.

  • Þafigan,

      Cd. Th. 227, 22; Dan, 190.

  • Ic sceal þinga gehwylc þolian and þafian on ðínne dóm

    I must suffer and submit to everything, as you decide,

      Exon. Th. 270, 6; Jul. 466.

  • Hié derede ǽgðer ge þurst ge hǽte, and ealne ðone dæg wǽron ðæt þafiende,

      Ors. 5, 7; Swt. 230, I7.
to bear with, tolerate
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  • Hé ilde and ðafode ða scylda and ðeáh hé him gecýðde

    et dissimulavit culpas, et innotuit,

      Past. 21; Swt. 151, 22.
Etymology
[Non me demergat tempestas louerd ne þaue þu þat storm me duue, O. E. Homl. ii. 43, 15. ȝef ha ne letteð me nawt, ah þauieð ant þolieð, Marh. 15, 19. Ne mahe ȝe nawt do me, bute þet he wule þeauien and þolien ow to donne, Jul. 19, 9. Þatt Godd ne þole nohht ne þafe laþe gastess to winnenn oferrhannd off uss, Orm. 5457. Euerilc husfolc ðe mai it ðauen on ger sep oðer on kide hauen, Gen. and Ex. 3139. Was neuere non þat mouhte þaue Hise dintes, noyþer knith ne knaue, Havel. 2696.]
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v. geþafian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þafian.” 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/31506.

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