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ǼFEN

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ǼFEN, ǽfyn, éfen, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§119; §293;
The EVEN, evening, eventide; vesper, vespera
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  • Syððan ǽfen cwom

    after evening came,

    • Beo. Th. 2475
    • ;
    • B. 1235
    • .
  • Ǽfen ǽrest

    vesperum primum,

    • Cd. 8; Th. 9, 7
    • ;
    • Gen. 138
    • .
  • Ǽfena gehwám

    in each of evenings,

    • 148; Th. 184, 16
    • ;
    • Exod. 108
    • .
  • Æt ǽfenne, on ǽfenne, or to ǽfenne,

    at even, in the evening,

    • Ps. Spl. 29, 6
    • .
Etymology
[
Laym. aefen
:
Orm. efen
:
Gow. Chauc. even
:
N. Dut. avond
:
M. Dut. avont, m
:
Plat, abend, m
:
O. Sax. áband, m
:
O. Frs. ávend, m
:
Ger. abend, m
;
M. H. Ger. ábent, m
:
O. H. Ger. ápand, ábant, ábunt, m
:
Dan. aften, m
:
Swed. afton, m
:
Icel. aptan, aftan, m
:
confr. Grk. ὀψέ
.]
Linked entries
v.  ǽfen-dreám ǽfyn éfen éfern.
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  • ǼFEN, n.