æfen
Old English
Alternative forms
- ēfen, ēfern
Etymology
Form reflects Proto-West Germanic *āban, a byform or derivative of *ābanþ.
Cognate with Old Frisian ēvend, Old Saxon āƀand, Old Dutch āvont, Old High German ābant, Old Norse aptann.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæː.fen/, [ˈæː.ven]
Noun
ǣfen m
- evening
- eve: the day/evening/night before something
- mōnanǣfen ― Sunday evening
- *ġēolǣfen ― Christmas Eve
- (Christianity) vespers
Declension
Declension of æfen (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ǣfen | ǣfennas |
| accusative | ǣfen | ǣfennas |
| genitive | ǣfennes | ǣfenna |
| dative | ǣfenne | ǣfennum |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- ǣfendreām
- ǣfengebēd
- ǣfengereord
- ǣfengereordian
- ǣfengifl
- ǣfenglōm
- ǣfengrom
- ǣfenhrepsung
- ǣfenlāc
- ǣfenlǣcan
- ǣfenleōht
- ǣfenleōþ
- ǣfenlīc
- ǣfenmete
- ǣfenrest
- ǣfenrima
- ǣfensang
- ǣfensceōp
- ǣfenscīma
- ǣfenspræc
- ǣfensteorra
- ǣfenþēnung
- ǣfenþeōwdōm
- ǣfentīd
- ǣfentīma
- ǣfentungel
- ǣfnung
- English: evening
- ġiestranǣfen
- Mōnanǣfen
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǢFEN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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