athafjan

Part of speech: verb

Verb type: irregular strong verb (6)

(p athof) to take down; to lift down (from)

Etymology

[← at- pref + hafjan v “to lift, raise”; OE æthebban “to remove, withdraw”]

Concordance

athafjan - inf - Mrk. XV, 36

Paradigm

4.1.2. (b) VI class irregular strong verbs

Some verbs of this class displayed certain anomalies in forming past tense forms. Namely, the verb andhafjan (to answer) lost in the preterite its vowel -j-, while standan (to stand) – lost its consonant n.

VI class irregular	infinitive	preterite singular	preterite plural	past participle
VI class irregular	normal grade	lengthened grade	lengthened grade	normal grade
	-ă-	-ō-	-ō-	-ă-
to answer	andhafjan	andhōf	andhōfum	andhafans
to stand	standan	stōþ	stōþum	sta(n)dans

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