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ge-fyrn

  • adverb
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ge-fyrn, adv. [fyrn formerly]
Wright's OE grammar
§12; §557;
Formerly, long ago, of old, of yore; olim, pridem
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  • Hú ne wǽran ðás gefyrn forþgewitene

    were not these long ago departed?

    • Bt. 19; Fox 70, 9
    • .
  • Ðú mid Fæder ðínne gefyrn wǽre efenwesende

    thou with thy father of old was co-existent,

    • Exon. 12 b; Th. 22, 10
    • ;
    • Cri. 349 : 12 a; Th. 19, 16
    • ;
    • Cri. 301
    • .
  • Gefyrn hí dydun dǽdbóte on hǽran and on axan

    olim cĭlĭcio et cĭnĕre pænĭtentiam egissent,

    • Mt. Bos. 11, 21
    • :
    • Lk. Bos. 10; 13
    • :
    • Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 57
    • .
  • Gefyrn

    pridem,

    • 38; Som. 39, 56
    • .
  • Gefyrn ǽr

    formerly,

    • Bt. 33, 3; Fox 126, 30 : 37, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 186, 25
    • :
    • Chr. 892; Erl. 89, 1
    • .
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v.  ge-firn.
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