abufan

Old English

Alternative forms

• onbufan

Etymology

From ā- +‎ bufan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈbu.fɑn/, [ɑːˈbu.vɑn]

Adverb

ābufan

1. above

Descendants

• Middle English: aboven, above, abuven
  • English: above, aboon
    • ⇒? English: bove
  • Scots: abuin, abune, abane, abeen, abine, abin, abeun, abön (Northern Isles), aboon (literary)
  • Yola: aboo

References

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