Old English Dictionary Entry

Dafenian

Part of speech: dafnian;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 dafenian

p. ode; pp. od To be seemly or becoming; decere :-- Swá swá dafnaþ munuce as becomes a monk; sicut decet monacho, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 5. DER. ge-dafenian, -dafnian. dafenian

Similar Words

-dállic
-deáded
-deáw
-défedlic, -défness
-démedness

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚪᚠᛖᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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