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gár-faru

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
gár-faru, e; f.
A martial expedition,
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  • Þúfas wundon ofer gárfare

    the standards fluttered over the martial band,

    • Cd. 160
    • ;
    • Th. 199, 23
    • ;
    • Exod. 342.
  • Ne þearf him ondrǽdan deófla strǽlas, gromra gárfare

    he need not dread the shafts of devils, the armed band of the hostile,

    • Exon. 98 a
    • ;
    • Th. 49, 5
    • ;
    • Cri. 781.
Etymology
[
Or gárfaru flight of spears, cf. hægelfaru.
]
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v. faru III; turma hastifera
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