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ge-deorfan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
ge-deorfan, p. -dearf, pl. -durfon; pp. -dorfen
To labour
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  • Micel ic gedeorfe

    mullum laboro,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 20,25
    • .
    • In
    • Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 3
    • ,

    Heora scipa gedurfon L and C

    perhaps we should read gedufon sank, cf. 85, 38, gedeáf [gedráf],

    • and
    • Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24
    • ,

    Ðá gedufon hí ealle and adruncon.

Etymology
[
A. R. i-dorven; pp. grieved, injured
.]
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v.  dorfen.
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