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FEARR

  • noun [ masculine ]
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FEARR, es; m.
a bull, an ox; taurus, bos
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  • Fearr

    taurus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 8
    • ;
    • Som. 7,
    • 30.
  • He geworhte ánes fearres anlícnesse of áre

    he made an image of a bull with brass,

    • Ors. 1,
    • 12;
    • Bos. 36,
    • 29.
  • Fearras fætte ofsettun oððe ymbsǽton me

    tauri pingues obsēdērunt me,

    • Ps. Lamb. 21, 13: Mt. Bos. 22,
    • 4.
  • Ete ic flǽscmettas fearra

    mandūcābo carnes taurōrum,

    • Ps. Lamb. 49, 13: 67, 31: Gen. 32,
    • 15.
the Bull, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac; taurus
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  • Óðer ðæra tácna ys geháten taurus, ðæt is fearr the second of the signs is called taurus,

    that is a bull,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 7,
    • 4;
    • Lchdm. iii. 244,
    • 24.
Etymology
[
Dut. var, varre, m:
Ger. farre, farr, m:
M. H. Ger. var, varre, m:
O. H. Ger. farri, farro, far, m:
Icel. farri, m. a bullock
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v.  fear.
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  • FEARR, n.