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þafung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
þafung, e; f.
Consent, permission
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  • Be bisceopes pafunge

    cum consensu episcopi,

      L. Ecg. C. 26; Th. ii. 152, 3.
  • Be his þafunge

    permissionem suam,

      R. Ben. Interl. 77, 6.
  • Ðú wéndest ðæt seó weord ðás woruld wende búton Godes geþeahte and his þafunge,

      Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 32.
  • Ne mæg se deófol mannum derian bútan Godes ðafunge,

      Homl. Skt. i. 17, 196.
  • Þet weas mid Earnulfes þafunge (geþafunge,

      MS. A.), Chr. 887; Erl. 87. 3.
Etymology
[Vlesches fondunge goð to uorð upe me þurch min þafunge, A. R. 344, note.]
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v. ge-þafung.
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