Old English

Noun

dafen ?

1. what is fitting

Adjective

dafen

1. becoming, fit, suitable, fitting, proper
2. convenient

Declension

Related terms

• dafenian, deofenian — to beseem, befit, be right, to be convenient
• dēfe — befitting, suitable, proper: meek, gentle, kindly

Derived terms

• dafenlic, daflic — fit, becoming, proper, suitable, right, convenient
• dafenlīce adv. — fittingly, becomingly, properly, suitably, rightly, unconvenient
• dafenlīcnes f. — fit time, opportunity, convenience
• gedafen — fit, becoming, proper, suitable, right, convenient
• ungedafenlic, ungedæftenlic — improper, unseemly, unseasonable, inopportune, inconvenient, troublesome
• ungedafenlīce, ungedæftlīce — adv. unseasonably, inopportunely, inconveniently, improperly, unduly, unreasonably, unjustly, unsuitably.
• ungedæftnes f. — untimely intervention or interruption, inconvenience
• ungedafenlicnes f. — unfitness, inconvenience

References

• 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", dafen, et al.
• Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), dafen.