dafen

Old English

Etymology

Originally from the past participle of Proto-Germanic *dabaną (“to pass, happen, occur, fit”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰabʰ- (“appropriate, good, fitting”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑfen/, [ˈdɑven]

Noun

dafen ?

  1. what is fitting

Adjective

dafen

  1. becoming, fit, suitable, fitting, proper
  2. convenient

Declension
Declension of dafen — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dafen dafen dafen
Accusative dafenne dafene dafen
Genitive dafenes dafenre dafenes
Dative dafenum dafenre dafenum
Instrumental dafene dafenre dafene
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dafene dafena, -e dafen
Accusative dafene dafena, -e dafen
Genitive dafenra dafenra dafenra
Dative dafenum dafenum dafenum
Instrumental dafenum dafenum dafenum
Declension of dafen — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dafena dafene dafene
Accusative dafenan dafenan dafene
Genitive dafenan dafenan dafenan
Dative dafenan dafenan dafenan
Instrumental dafenan dafenan dafenan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dafenan dafenan dafenan
Accusative dafenan dafenan dafenan
Genitive dafenra, dafenena dafenra, dafenena dafenra, dafenena
Dative dafenum dafenum dafenum
Instrumental dafenum dafenum dafenum

Derived terms
  • dafenlic, daflic — fit, becoming, proper, suitable, right, convenient
  • dafenlīce adv. — fittingly, becomingly, properly, suitably, rightly, unconvenient
  • dafenlīcnes f. — fit time, opportunity, convenience
  • gedafen — fit, becoming, proper, suitable, right, convenient
  • ungedafenlic, ungedæftenlic — improper, unseemly, unseasonable, inopportune, inconvenient, troublesome
  • ungedafenlīce, ungedæftlīce — adv. unseasonably, inopportunely, inconveniently, improperly, unduly, unreasonably, unjustly, unsuitably.
  • ungedæftnes f. — untimely intervention or interruption, inconvenience
  • ungedafenlicnes f. — unfitness, inconvenience
  • dafenian, deofenian — to beseem, befit, be right, to be convenient
  • dēfe — befitting, suitable, proper: meek, gentle, kindly

References
  • 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", dafen, et al.
  • Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), dafen.
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