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FEARR

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
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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Bosworth, Joseph. “FEARR.” 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/10186.

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