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wíde-ferhþ

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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wíde-ferhþ, -ferþ, long life, an age; the word occurs only in the accusative, alone or with eall, with adverbial force,
for a long time, for ever, for all time
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  • Heora noma leofaþ wídeferhþ in écnesse

    nomen eorum vivet in generationes et generationes,

      Bd. 5, 8; S. 621, 29.

  • Mihtig God manna cynnes weóld wídeferhð,

      Beo. Th. 1408; B. 702.
  • Hié ne wéndon ðæt hié wídeferhð landgeweorc beweredon, 1879 ; B. 937.

  • Ðú scealt wídeferhð ðínum breóstum bern tredan eorðan (

    super pectum tuum gradieris cunctis diebus vitae tuae,

      Gen. 3, 14), Cd. Th. 56, 2 ; Gen. 906.

  • Ðæs ðe hié wídeferð wyrnan þóhton,

      180, 26; Exod. 51.

  • Ðú wunast wídeferð mid waldend Fæder,

      Exon. Th. 10, 36; Cri. 163.

  • Hafast ðú geféred, ðæt ðé feor and neáh ealne wídeferhð (

    through all time

    ) weras ehtigaþ,
      Beo. Th. 2448; B. 1222.

  • Wese swá, wese swá þurh eall wídeferhð (

    through all ages

    ),
      Ps. Th. 105, 37. v. two preceding words.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wíde-ferhþ.” 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/35543.

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