antefn

Old English

Alternative forms

antefen

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑnˌtefn/, [ˈɑnˌtevn]

Noun

antefn ?

anthem

Descendants

Middle English: anteme, antimne, antempne, antheme, antime, antyme, antem, antym, antefen, antephne, anthephene, antefne
- English: anthem
  - → Welsh: anthem
- Scots: anthem

References

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

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