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of-faran

  • verb [ strong ]
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to come up with those who are pursued, to overtake, to get near enough to attack, to reach and attack
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  • Ðá Philippus wæs cirrende ðá offór hiene óðere Sciððie Triballe wǽron hátene

    revertenti Philippo Triballi bello obviunt,

    • Ors. 3, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 118, 1
      • .

  • Ðá cómon Tarentíne tó heora ágnum scipum, and ðá oðre hindan offóran, and hié ealle him tó gewildum gedydan búton v

    Tarentini Romanam classem praetereuntem hostiliter invaserunt, quinque tantum navibus per fugam elapsis,

    • 4, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 154, 6
      • .

  • Ðá offóron hié ðone here hindan æt Buttingtúne and hine ðǽr bésǽton

    they pursued and came up with the Danes at Buttington, and there besieged them,

    • Chr. 894
      • ;
    • Erl. 92, 22
      • .

  • Hié offóron ðone here hindan, ðá hé hámweard wæs, and him ðá wið gefuhton,

    • 911
      • ;
    • Erl. 100, 26
      • .

  • Ðá ne mehte seó fird hié ná hindan offaran, ǽr hié wǽron inne on ðan geweorce,

    • 894
      • ;
    • Erl. 93, 7
      • .

  • Se cyng ofslóh heora swá feala swá he offaran mihte,

    • 1016
      • ;
    • Erl. 157, 8
      • .

  • Ic tó fare adeo, ic eom offaren

    adeor,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 37
      • ;
    • Som. 39, 1
      • .
Similar entries
v. of-féran, -fylgan, -irnan, -rídan.
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v.  of-féran of-rídan of-sendan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “of-faran.” 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/24295.

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