ahabban

Old English

Alternative forms

onhabban

Etymology

Equivalent to ā- +‎ habban.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑːˈxɑb.bɑn/, [ɑːˈhɑb.bɑn]

Verb

āhabban

(transitive, reflexive) to restrain one's self, abstain from (+ fram)
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
  Hīe hīe fram wīfum āhæfden.
  They abstained from women.
to support

Conjugation

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References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ahabban”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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