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huntaþ-faru

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
huntaþ-faru, e; f.
A hunting expedition, hunting
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  • Cýpinga and folcgemóta and huntaþfara and woroldlícra weorca on ðam hálgan dæge geswíce man georne

    let people diligently abstain from marketings and folk-moots and hunting expeditions and secular employments on the holy day [Sunday],

    • L. Eth. vi. 22
    • ;
    • Th. i. 322, 12
    • :
    • L. C. E. 15
    • ;
    • Th. i. 368, 18.
Etymology
[Cf.
the Icelandic law 'Maþr a at fiskja drottins dag eþa messu dag eþa veiþa annat of hann vill. Hann scal hafa messu um morgininn aþr oc lata eigi veiþina standa fyrir tiþa socninni.'
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  • huntaþ-faru, n.