defe

See also: dəfə

Mapudungun

Noun

defe (Unified spelling)

1. debt

Middle English

Adjective

defe

1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of def

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dōbī, from Proto-Germanic *dōbiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.fe/, [ˈdeː.ve]

Adjective

dēfe

1. suitable, befitting, proper, meek, gentle, kind

Declension

Declension of dēfe — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēfe	dēfu, dēfo	dēfe
Accusative	dēfne	dēfe	dēfe
Genitive	dēfes	dēfre	dēfes
Dative	dēfum	dēfre	dēfum
Instrumental	dēfe	dēfre	dēfe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēfe	dēfa, dēfe	dēfu, dēfo
Accusative	dēfe	dēfa, dēfe	dēfu, dēfo
Genitive	dēfra	dēfra	dēfra
Dative	dēfum	dēfum	dēfum
Instrumental	dēfum	dēfum	dēfum

Declension of dēfe — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēfa	dēfe	dēfe
Accusative	dēfan	dēfan	dēfe
Genitive	dēfan	dēfan	dēfan
Dative	dēfan	dēfan	dēfan
Instrumental	dēfan	dēfan	dēfan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēfan	dēfan	dēfan
Accusative	dēfan	dēfan	dēfan
Genitive	dēfra, dēfena	dēfra, dēfena	dēfra, dēfena
Dative	dēfum	dēfum	dēfum
Instrumental	dēfum	dēfum	dēfum

Adverb

dēfe

1. kindly

Derived terms

• dēfelīċ (“fit, becoming, proper”)
• dēfelīċe (“fit, becoming, properly”)
• dēfnes (“mildness, gentleness”)

Related terms

• dafen (“fit, becoming, proper, suitable, right, convenient”)

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916), “defe”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “defe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.