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ferian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§525;
Dele bracket at end, and add:
to carry, move, convey,
the subject a person, and
the object not moving itself
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  • Hé forðférde . . . hine man ferede tó Sc̃a Marian mynstre,

    • Chr. 977
      • ;
    • P. 122, 12
      • :
    • 1023
      • ;
    • P. 157, 9
      • .

  • Hám feredan

    advectabant (manipulos ),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 28
      • .

  • Feredon ðone eorðcrypel

    ferentes paraliticum,

    • Mk. L. 2, 3
      • :
    • Hml. Th. i. 492, 28
      • :
    • Chr. 1012
      • ;
    • P. 143, 2
      • .

  • Hí áweg feredon þæs godspelleres líc,

    • Hml. S. 15, 98
      • .

  • Hine mon bere oþþe on wǽne ferige,

    • Lch. ii. 30, 30
      • .

  • Hiora cyning wæs gewundod, þæt hí hine ne mehton ferian,

    • Chr. 894
      • ;
    • P. 86, 6
      • .

  • Wegférende móton for neóde mete ferian,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 298, 26
      • .

  • Ic seah rǽpingas on ræced fergan

    I saw captives carried into a house,

    • Rä. 53, 1
      • .

  • Synna ána mid him ferigende,

      Hml. Th. i. 66, 14.
the object moving itself,
to lead, conduct
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  • Fergað swá and féþað fæder and módor

    father and mother lead the child and walk with it

      (?),
    • Vy. 7
      • .

  • Hé færode folc his þurh ꝥ wésten

    traduxit populum suum per desertum,

    • Ps. L. 135, 16.
reflexive:
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  • Gif ic mé mid féðunge ferian mihte

    if I could walk,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 134, 24
      • .
where a. and b. are combined
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  • Hí hyra herehúðe tó sǽ færedon (feredon, v. l.) . . . mæte and mádmas,

    • Chr. 1006
      • ;
    • P. 137, 10
      • .

  • Þá hié geféngon micle herehýð and þá woldon ferian norþweardes,

    • 894
      • ;
    • P. 85, 17
      • .
the subject a vehicle
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  • Seó bǽr ðe þone deádan ferode,

    • Hml. Th. i. 492, 26.
figurative
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  • Ðá ferede hine Godes hond þider þǽr hine men áredon,

    • Shrn. 57, 5
      • .
to direct the course of
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  • Hé mid ðǽm úre líf líðelíce and getǽslíce fereð

    vitam nostram blanda lenitate disponit,

    • Past. 369, 13
      • .

  • Þon gelícost swá wé on laguflóde ofer cald wæter ceólum líðan, geond sídne sǽ sund*-*hengestum flódwudu fergen,

    • Cri. 854
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. ferry.
Goth. farjan to go by sea
:
O. H. Ger. ferren
:
Icel. ferja to carry by sea.
]
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v. for-ferian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ferian.” 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/44855.

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