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in-fær

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§575;
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an entrance, a way by which a place is entered
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  • His folce ðú scealt heofenan ríces infær geopenian. Hml. Th. ii. 134, 15.
  • Þæt se ungesewena wulf infær ne geméte hwanon hé in tó Godes eówde cume

    ne lupus inuisibilis aditum inueniat, quo ouile Domini ingredi ualeat,

      Chrd. 21, 13.
a going into a place
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  • Hig geseágon þine infæras (

    ingressus

    ), infæras mínes
      Godes, Ps. L. 67, 25.
right or
permission to enter
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  • Wite hé þæt him ǽlces infæres forwyrned bið

    sciat omnem sibi aditum denegari,

      R. Ben. 53, 16.
  • Ne sig him ná eáðelíce þæs infæres getíðod (

    non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus

    ) ... Gif hé bit þæt him mon infæres tíþige,
      95, 4-8.
  • Hí noldon geðafian þám bisceope ꝥ hé infær hæfde his ǽrende tó ábeódenne,

      Hml. S. 31, 655.
  • Þæt hé preósta gatu ... lúce and unlúce, ꝥ man næbbe infær bútan leáfe (

    ut nulli nisi per licentiam aditus pateat intrandi

    ),
      Chrd. 20, 10.
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