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feorh-ner

  • noun [ neuter ]
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feorh-ner, -nere, es; n.
Life's preservation or salvation, a refuge, sustenance, nourishment; food; vītæ servātio, refŭgium, ălĭmentum, cĭbus
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  • Monigfealde sind gód ðe us dǽleþ to feorhnere Fæder ælmihtig

    manifold are the goods which the Father almighty distributes to us for life's preservation,

    • Exon. 96 b
      • ;
    • Th. 359, 33
      • ;
    • Pa. 72: 16 b
      • ;
    • Th. 38, 21
      • ;
    • Cri. 610.

  • Ðe worhte weoroda Dryhten to feorhnere fira cynne

    which the Lord of hosts wrought for salvation to the race of men,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1792
      • ;
    • El. 898: Cd. 190
      • ;
    • Th. 237, 18
      • ;
    • Dan. 339.

  • Hí nó ðonan lǽtaþ on gefeán faran to feorhnere

    they will not let them go thence in joy to a refuge,

    • Exon. 31 a
      • ;
    • Th. 97, 28
      • ;
    • Cri. 1597.

  • Fuglas heora feorhnere on ðæs beámes blédum náme[ = námon]

    birds took their refuge on the tree's branches,

    • Cd. 200
      • ;
    • Th. 248, 3
      • ;
    • Dan. 507.

  • Hwílum him to honda, hungre geþreátad, fleág fugla cyn, ðǽr hý feorhnere fundon

    sometimes the race of birds, forced by hunger, flew to his hands, where they found sustenance,

    • Exon. 46 a
      • ;
    • Th. 157, 10
      • ;
    • Gú. 889.

  • Beóþ Godes streámás góde wætere fæste gefylde, ðanan feorhnere findaþ foldbúend

    flūmen Dei replētum est ăqua, părasti cĭbum illōrum,

    • Ps. Th. 64, 10.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “feorh-ner.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/10427.

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