Talk:hafian

RFV discussion: December 2019
I doubt this conjugation is real. The closest you find is the Bosworth-Toller entry for "hafa" which says "and forms as from hafian; see habban". This seems to refer to an isolated form "hafa 'I have'" (which isn't even a grammatical form of hafian). B-T has lots of mistakes so I don't completely trust this. Benwing2 (talk) 09:55, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
 * hafa would properly be the second person singular imperative; however it is attested at least once as "iċ hafa" (Ðe ic hafa on stānfate gehīded), but it's more commonly seen as hafo/hafu for the first person singular indicative. I cannot find any correspondences rendering iċ hafi(ġ)e, so I think that can be updated. Leasnam (talk) 15:18, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The point I was trying to make is we can't infer an infinitive *hafian from a single form. Unless there are other forms that indicate that a verb hafian existed or likely existed, IMO we should just list hafa/hafo/hafu as an alternative first-person singular present indicative of habban. Benwing2 (talk) 20:56, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I don't see any issues with that. Leasnam (talk) 21:02, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Deleted. Benwing2 (talk) 05:52, 18 December 2019 (UTC)