Participles
| Present | ālīefende |
| Past | ālīefed |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ālīefe |
| 2nd sing. | ālīefest; ālīefst |
| 3rd sing. | ālīefeþ; ālīefþ |
| 1st plur. | ālīefaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ālīefaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ālīefaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ālīefde |
| 2nd sing. | ālīefdest |
| 3rd sing. | ālīefde |
| 1st plur. | ālīefdon |
| 2nd plur. | ālīefdon |
| 3rd plur. | ālīefdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ālīefe |
| 2nd sing. | ālīefe |
| 3rd sing. | ālīefe |
| 1st plur. | ālīefen |
| 2nd plur. | ālīefen |
| 3rd plur. | ālīefen |
Past
| 1st sing. | ālīefde |
| 2nd sing. | ālīefde |
| 3rd sing. | ālīefde |
| 1st plur. | ālīefden |
| 2nd plur. | ālīefden |
| 3rd plur. | ālīefden |
Imperative
| Singular | ālīef |
| Plural | ālīefaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'aliefan'
aliefan,
Verbs similar to 'aliefan'
agiefan,
aliesan,
liefan,
agifan,
alibban,
alieþran,
alihtan,
alimpan,
alyfan,
aþiedan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *uʀlaubijan, from Proto-Germanic *uzlaubijaną, equivalent to ā- + līefan (“to grant”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*uzlaubijaną'.
Sample Sentences
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c. 992, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of our Lord"
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Nis nu ālȳfed cristenum mannum þæt hi þas ymbsnidennysse lichamlice healdan, ac þeah-hwæðere nan man ne bið soðlice cristen, buton he ða ymbsnidennysse on gastlicum ðeawum gehealde. (It is not now allowed for Christian men to observe circumcision bodily, but, nevertheless, no man is truly a Christian, unless he observe circumcision in spiritual conduct.)
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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Ġelēaffulle lǣwede menn, þe on rihtum sinsċipe lybbað, āġifað þrītigḟealdne wǣstm gōdra weorca, ġif hī heora æw̄e æfter bōclīcum ġesetnyssum healdað, þæt is, þæt hī for bearnes ġestrēone, on alyfedum tīman, hǣmed begān, and bearneacniġende wīf and mōnaðsēoc forbūgan; and ðonne hēo leng tȳman ne mæġ,̇ ġeswican hī hǣmedes. (Faithful lay people, who live in righteous marriage, yield thirtyfold fruit of good works, if their marriage follows the biblical decrees; that is, that they have intercourse for the procreation of children at permitted times, and abstain from intercourse with pregnant or menstruating women, and that at the time they can no longer procreate, they cease intercourse.)
Cognates
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