ahabban

Old English

Alternative forms

onhabban

Etymology

Equivalent to ā- +‎ habban.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /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
  
  Ðū ne woldest ðē ahabban fram ðam hūse ðæs forlorenan mannes.
  You didn't want to hold yourself back from the house of the forlorn man.
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
  
  Hī hī from wīfum āhæfden.
  They abstained from women.
to support

Conjugation

Conjugation of āhabban (weak class 3)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	āhabban	tō āhabbenne, āhæbbenne
1st-person singular	āhæbbe	āhæfde
2nd-person singular	āhæfst, āhafast	āhæfdest
3rd-person singular	āhæfþ, āhafaþ	āhæfde
plural	āhabbaþ	āhæfdon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	āhæbbe	āhæfde
plural	āhæbben	āhæfden
imperative
singular	āhafa
plural	āhabbaþ
participle	present	past
	āhæbbende	āhæfed, āhæfd

References

Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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