alefan

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈleː.fɑn/, [ɑːˈleː.vɑn]

Etymology 1

From ā- +‎ lēfan

Verb

ālēfan

1. to become weak, feeble, languid, disabled

Conjugation

Conjugation of ālēfan (weak, class 1)

infinitive	ālēfan	ālēfenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ālēfe	ālēfde
second person singular	ālēfest, ālēfst	ālēfdest
third person singular	ālēfeþ, ālēfþ	ālēfde
plural	ālēfaþ	ālēfdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ālēfe	ālēfde
plural	ālēfen	ālēfden
imperative
singular	ālēf
plural	ālēfaþ
participle	present	past
	ālēfende	ālēfed

Etymology 2

From ā- +‎ lēfan

Verb

ālēfan (Anglian)

1. alternative form of ālīefan (“to allow, to permit; to believe”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ālēfan (weak, class 1)

infinitive	ālēfan	ālēfenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ālēfe	ālēfde
second person singular	ālēfest, ālēfst	ālēfdest
third person singular	ālēfeþ, ālēfþ	ālēfde
plural	ālēfaþ	ālēfdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ālēfe	ālēfde
plural	ālēfen	ālēfden
imperative
singular	ālēf
plural	ālēfaþ
participle	present	past
	ālēfende	ālēfed

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “áléfan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “áléfan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.