† thavev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To consent to; to allow, permit; to submit to, suffer, endure; to tolerate. Cf. i-thave v.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)]
thave835
i-dreeeOE
tholec897
abeareOE
underbearc950
adreeOE
dreeOE
driveOE
i-tholeOE
throwOE
underfoc1000
bearOE
bidec1200
suffera1250
abidec1275
drinka1340
endure1340
underfong1382
receivec1384
abyea1393
sustain1398
finda1400
undergoa1400
get?c1430
underganga1470
ponder?a1525
a dog's lifea1528
tolerate1531
to stand to ——1540
to feel the weight of?1553
enjoy1577
carry1583
abrook1594
to stand under ——a1616
to fall a victim to1764
the mind > emotion > suffering > suffer mental pain [verb (transitive)]
thave835
i-dreeeOE
tholec897
underbearc950
adreeOE
dreeOE
driveOE
i-tholeOE
throwOE
underfoc1000
bearOE
takec1175
bidec1200
suffera1250
leadc1330
drinka1340
endure1340
wielda1375
underfong1382
receivec1384
sustain1398
finda1400
undergoa1400
underganga1470
ponder?a1525
tolerate1531
to go through ——1535
to feel the weight of?1553
enjoy1577
carry1583
abrook1594
society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)]
thave835
unneeOE
levec897
forletc900
i-thavec900
i-unneeOE
allowa1393
licensec1400
admit1418
sustainc1425
usea1450
permit1473
permise1481
withganga1500
tolerate1533
intermit?c1550
licentiate1575
'low1587
dispense1646
beholdc1650
warrant1662
the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)]
thave835
baithea1350
consentc1386
accordc1400
agreea1413
sustainc1425
to fall to ——a1450
exalt1490
avow1530
to stand satisfactory to1576
teem1584
assent1637
to close with1654
fiat1831
to stand in1911
wear1925
835 Kentish Charter of Abba in Old Eng. Texts 448 Ic ciolnoð mid godes gefe ærcebiscop ðis write and ðeafie.
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxviii. §6 Þonne þe ðincð se earmra se þæt yfel deð ðonne se þe hit þafað.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) vii. 4 Broþur þafa [c1160 þafe] þæt ic ut ado þæt mot of þinum eagan.
a1023 Wulfstan Homilies iii. 23 Eal þæt he for us and for ure lufan þafode and ðolode.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 121 God iþeafede þet to alesendnesse alles ileffulles moncunnes.]
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5457 Godd ne þole nohht. Ne þafe laþe gastess. To winnenn oferrhannd off uss Þurrh heore laþe wiless.
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2696 Was neuere non þat mouhte þaue Hise dintes, noyþer knith ne knaue.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3139 Euerilc hus-folc ðe mai it ðauen On ger sep oðer on kide hauen.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun]
leaveeOE
yleaveOE
willOE
grant?c1225
thaving?c1225
grantisea1300
licence1362
grace1389
pardona1425
libertyc1425
patiencec1425
permission1425
sufferingc1460
congee1477
legencea1500
withganga1500
favour1574
beleve1575
permittance1580
withgate1599
passage1622
sufferage1622
attolerance1676
sanction1738
permiss-
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 255 Þurch min þafunge [c1230 Corpus, a1250 Titus þeafunge; a1300 Caius þauunge].
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