behabban

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to be- +‎ habban.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌbeˈhɑb.bɑn/

Verb

behabban

  1. (transitive) to surround or embrace something
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
      Ðīne fȳnd behabbaþ ðē.
      Your enemies surround you.
  2. (transitive) to hold or contain somebody or something
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
      Māran endebyrdnysse þonne ðis godspel behæfð.
      More circumstances than this gospel contains.
  3. (intransitive) to understand something (+ dative or + on)
  4. (transitive) to withhold or hold something back
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
      Behæfð God his mildheortnesse.
      God withholds his mercy.
  5. (transitive) to restrain or detain somebody
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
      Hī behæfdon hine.
      They detained him.

Conjugation
Conjugation of behabban (weak class 3)
infinitive behabban tō [[behabbenne, behæbbenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular behæbbe behæfde
2nd-person singular behæfst, behafast behæfdest
3rd-person singular behæfþ, behafaþ behæfde
plural behabbaþ behæfdon
subjunctive present past
singular behæbbe behæfde
plural behæbben behæfden
imperative
singular behafa
plural behabbaþ
participle present past
behæbbende behæfed, behæfd

Derived terms
  • behæfednes f (“detention, care”)

References
  • 'be-habban' in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
  • 'be-habban' in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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