Old English · prefix
æf-
- Part of speech
- prefix
- IPA
- /ˈæf/
- Syllables
- ˈæf (1 syllable)
Meaning
away, off, from, away from
ofþynċan (“to offend, to insult”) → æfþunca, æfþanca (“offense”)
absence, detriment, reduction; dis-, de-, un-
æfweard
absent; distant
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aba- (“from”).
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