Dafenian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Dafenian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: dafnian; Related words:

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

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚪᚠᛖᚾᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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