æfen
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs. Cognate with Old Frisian ēvend, Old Saxon avand, āƀand (Low German Avend), Old Dutch avont (Dutch avond), Old High German āband (German Abend), Old Norse aptann, aptunn, eptann (Danish aften, Swedish afton).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæːfen/, [ˈæːven]
Noun
ǣfen m
- (West Saxon) Evening
- Gōdne ǣfen!
- Good evening!
- Hē ġemētte hīe on his līfes ǣfenne.
- He met her in the evening of his life.
- (West Saxon) Eve: the day/evening/night before something
- Mōnanǣfen
- the evening before Monday
- Cristesmæsseǣfen
- Christmas Eve
- (West Saxon) (Christianity) Vespers
Declension
Declension of æfen (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ǣfen | ǣfennas |
| accusative | ǣfen | ǣfennas |
| genitive | ǣfennes | ǣfenna |
| dative | ǣfenne | ǣfennum |
Synonyms
- (hour): ǣfentīd, ǣfentīma
- (vespers): ǣfendreām, ǣfengebēd, ǣfenhrepsung, ǣfensang
Derived terms
Derived terms
- ǣfendreām
- ǣfengebēd
- ǣfengereord
- ǣfengereordian
- ǣfengifl
- ǣfenglōm
- ǣfengrom
- ǣfenhrepsung
- ǣfenlāc
- ǣfenlǣcan
- ǣfenleōht
- ǣfenleōþ
- ǣfenlīc
- ǣfenmete
- ǣfenrest
- ǣfenrima
- ǣfensang
- ǣfensceōp
- ǣfenscīma
- ǣfenspræc
- ǣfensteorra
- ǣfenþēnung
- ǣfenþeōwdōm
- ǣfentīd
- ǣfentīma
- ǣfentungel
- ǣfnung
- ġiestranǣfen
- Mōnanǣfen
References
- "ǢFEN" in Bosworth & Toller's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1882), Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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