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for-faran

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
for-faran, p. -fór, pl. -fóron; pp. -faren [for-, faran to go] .
Wright's OE grammar
§649;
to go or pass away, perish; perīre
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  • Seó scipfyrd [MS. scipfyrde] ælmǽst earmlíce forfór

    almost all the ship-force perished miserably,

    • Chr. 1091
      • ;
    • Erl. 227, 35.

  • Hí mǽst ealle forfóron

    they almost all perished,

    • 910
      • ;
    • Erl. 101, 8, 33: 1096
      • ;
    • Erl. 233, 22.
to cause to pass away, cause to perish, to destroy; perdĕre
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  • Forfare hý man mid ealle

    let a man totally destroy them,

    • L. E. G. 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 174, 2: L. C. S. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 378, 9.

  • Ðæt man ða sáwla ne forfare ðe Grist mid his agenum lífe gebohte

    that a man cause not the souls to perish which Christ bought with his own life,

    • L. C. S. 3
      • ;
    • Th. i. 378, 2.

  • Wæs swíðe feala manna forfaren

    very many men were destroyed,

    • Chr. 1025
      • ;
    • Erl. 163, 10.

  • Mycel orfes wæs ðæs geáres forfaren

    much cattle was destroyed this year,

    • 1041
      • ;
    • Erl. 169, 8.

  • Wearþ micel his heres forfaren

    many of his army were destroyed,

    • 1067
      • ;
    • Erl. 204, 9.

  • Fordoes ł forfæras

    perdiderit,

    • Mt. Kmb. Lind. 10, 39.
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v.  for-ferian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-faran.” 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/11441.

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