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Old English · verb

adiefan

Normalised ādīefan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ɑːˈdi͜yː.fɑn/
[ɑːˈdi͜yː.vɑn]
Syllables
ɑː · ˈdi͜yː · fɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
deafen

Meaning

  1. to deafen

    […] sē gyldena organ - hē hīe ealle oferhlēoðrað, ond ealle ðā ōðra hē ādȳfeð.

    […] the golden organ - he outsounds them all, and all the others he deafens.

    "The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn: Text and Translation"

Conjugation

Conjugation of adiefan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ādīefeādīefde
2nd singular ādīefestādīefstādīefdest
3rd singular ādīefeþādīefþādīefde
Plural ādīefaþādīefdon
Subjunctive
Singular ādīefeādīefde
Plural ādīefenādīefden
Non-finite forms of adiefan
Form
Infinitive ādīefan
Inflected infinitive ādīefenne
Imperative singular ādīef
Imperative plural ādīefaþ
Present participle ādīefende
Past participle ādīefed

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀdaubijan, equivalent to *uʀ- + *daubijan. By surface analysis, ā- + *dīefan.

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