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Old English
Etymology
From ġe- + dafenian.
Pronunciation
Verb
gedafenian
- to be becoming or fit, to behove (chiefly impersonal, with dative subject)
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Ġē witon þæt ūs Iūdēisċum ne ġedafenaþ tō ġenēalǣċenne ēow hǣþenum mannum, ac mē ġeswutelode god þæt ūs nis tō cweþenne þæt ġē unclǣne synd.- You guys know that it does not behoove us Jews to approach you heathen men, but God explained to me that it is not for us to say that you are unclean.
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