Old English · verb

ræfan

Normalised rǣfan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈræː.fɑn/
[ˈræː.vɑn]
Syllables: ˈræː · fɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: involve wrap

Meaning

to involve; wrap

Conjugation

Conjugation of ræfan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	rǣfe	rǣfde
2nd singular	rǣfest rǣfst	rǣfdest
3rd singular	rǣfeþ rǣfþ	rǣfde
Plural	rǣfaþ	rǣfdon
Subjunctive
Singular	rǣfe	rǣfde
Plural	rǣfen	rǣfden

Non-finite forms of ræfan
	Form
Infinitive	rǣfan
Inflected infinitive	rǣfenne
Imperative singular	rǣf
Imperative plural	rǣfaþ
Present participle	rǣfende
Past participle	rǣfed ġerǣfed

All forms (17)

rǣfe
rǣfde
rǣfest
rǣfst
rǣfdest
rǣfeþ
rǣfþ
rǣfaþ
rǣfdon
rǣfen
rǣfden
rǣfan
rǣfenne
rǣf
rǣfende
rǣfed
ġerǣfed

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *raibijan, from Proto-Germanic *raibijaną (“to make happy, please, delight”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyp- (“to tear; border, edge”). Cognate with Old Norse reifa (“to help, delight, promote, give gifts, decorate”), Icelandic reifa (“to wrap up, swaddle; unloose, disclose; rip up”). Possibly also related to Old English rift (“curtain, veil”), Old English ārāfian (“to uncoil, wind off”).

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