þafung

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Old English

Etymology

From þafian +‎ -ung.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθɑ.funɡ/,

Noun

þafung f

consent, permission
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
  1. Be his þafunge.
    By his leave.
  2. Þū wēndest þæt sēo wyrd þās weorold wende būtan Godes ġeþeahte and his þafunge.
    Thou weenedest that fate turns this world without God's purpose and without his permission.
  3. Ne mæġ se dēofol mannum derian būtan Godes þafunge.
    Nor can the devil hurt men unless with God's consent.
  4. Þæt wæs mid Earnwulfes þafunge.
    That was with Ernwolf's consent.
  5. Vlesches fondunge goð to uorð upe me þurch min þafunge.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of þafung (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þafung	þafunga, þafunge
accusative	þafunge	þafunga, þafunge
genitive	þafunge	þafunga
dative	þafunge	þafungum

Synonyms

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ÞAFUNG”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
John R. Clark Hall (1916) “þafung”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
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