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Old English · verb

ahabban

Normalised āhabban

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 3
IPA
/ɑːˈxɑb.bɑn/
[ɑːˈhɑb.bɑn]
Syllables
ɑː · ˈxɑb · bɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
framabstain

Meaning

  1. to restrain one's self, abstain from (+ fram)

    Hīe hīe fram wīfum āhæfden.

    They abstained from women.

    1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

  2. to support

Conjugation

Conjugation of ahabban
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular āhæbbeāhæfde
2nd singular āhæfstāhæfdest
3rd singular āhæfþāhæfde
Plural āhabbaþāhæfdon
Subjunctive
Singular āhæbbeāhæfde
Plural āhæbbenāhæfden
Non-finite forms of ahabban
Form
Infinitive āhabban
Inflected infinitive āhæbbenne
Imperative singular āhafa
Imperative plural āhabbaþ
Present participle āhæbbende
Past participle āhæfd

All forms (14)

Etymology

Equivalent to ā- + habban.

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