þafian

• þafan, þeafian

From Proto-Germanic *þabōną, from *þabaz (“fitting; appropriate”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɑviɑn/

þafian

1. to consent or agree to, to let happen or be done, to take up
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
   • (with accusative):
     1.  : Swá hwylc swá morþorslege þafaþ and hine man ðonne fremmeþ.
     2.  : Heó hine monede ðæt hé weoruldhád forlæte and munucháde onnfénge. Ond hé ðæt well ðafode.
     3.  : Ðé sint tú gearu swá líf swá deáð, swá ðé leófre biþ tó geceósanne; cýð hwæt ðú ðæs tó þinge þafian wille.
     4.  : Næfre ic ðæs þeódnes þafian wille mægrædenne.
   • (with dative):
     1.  : Gé þafiaþ eówer fædera weorcum.
     2.  : Ðafande woeron feh him tó seallanne.
   • (with clause):
     1.  : Gif hé þafaþ ðæt hé út gá of minstre.
     2.  : Þafodest ðú ðæt mé þeówmennen drehte.
     3.  : Þafa ðæt ic út ádó ðæt mot of ðínum eágan.
     4.  : Ða eorlas þafigan ne woldon ðæt hié forléton leófne láreów.
2. to submit to, to suffer, to bear
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
     1.  : Ðé þincþ se earmra se ðæt yfel déþ ðonne se ðe hit þafaþ.
     2.  : Sum gewealden-mód þafaþ in geþylde ðæt hé sceal.
     3.  : Eal ðæt hé for ús þafode and ðolode.
     4.  : Ða eádigan martyras mænigfealde earfoðnyssa ðafedon.
     5.  : Se þeódcyning ðafian sceolde Eofores ánne dóm.
     6.  : Ic sceal þinga gehwylc þolian and þafian on ðínne dóm.
     7.  : Hié derede ægðer ge þurst ge hæte, and ealne ðone dæg wæron ðæt þafiende.
3. to bear with, to tolerate
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
     1.  : Hé ilde and ðafode ða scylda and ðeáh hé him gecýðde.
     2.  : Þatt Godd ne þole nohht ne þafe laþe gastess to winnenn oferrhannd off uss.

• forberan
• geþolian
• geþyldan
• geþyldigian
• þolian
• þwærlæcan

• geþafian
• geþafung
• þafung

• Middle English: thaven

• A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
• Old English to Modern English Translator