A-léfan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - a-léfan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

a-léfan
p. de; pp. ed To permit, grant; permittere, concedere :-- Ðæt he us ǽfre wille eard aléfan that he will ever grant us a dwelling, Cd. 115; Th. 272, 8; Sat. 116: 219; Th. 281, 27; Sat. 278. Aléfed permitted. Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 7.

Related words: a-lýfan. a-lefan

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