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† i-thave, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹeþafian, 2–3 iþauie(n, 3 i-theuen.
[f. ᵹe-, i-1 + þafian: see thave.]
trans. To permit, allow. (In OE. also absol. or intr.)
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iii. xvii. [xxiii.] (1890) 232 He him þa lustlice ᵹeþafode &..ᵹetimbrede þær mynster. c900Laws of ælfred c. 6 ᵹif he þa hand lesan wille, and him mon þæt ᵹeþafian wille, ᵹelde swa to his were belimpe. c1175Lamb. Hom. 115 He scal..his of[s]pringe ne iþauie þet hi beon unrihtwise. c1205Lay. 15279 Hengest hine gon werien & nalde hit noht iþeuen. a1240Ureisun 142 in Cott. Hom. 199 Ȝif þu wult hit iðauien iwis he wule ðurchut fawe. |