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tó-féran

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
tó-féran, p. de.
Wright's OE grammar
§656;
to go in different directions, go off separately
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  • Ǽr

    fires Drihtnes leorningcnihtas tóférdan, ealswá heom beboden wæs (cf.
      Mk. 16, 15), Wulfst. 21, 5: Homl. Th. i. 318, 3.
to disperse (intrans.)
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  • Ðá ðæt gafol gelǽst wæs, ðá tóférde se here wíde swá hé ǽr gegaderod wæs,

      Chr. 1012; Erl. 147, 27.
  • Hí geswicon ðære getimbrunge and tóférdon geond ealne middangeard,

      Homl. Th. i. 22, 25 : 3'8, 21.
  • Hí tóférdon tó fyrlenum lande on swá manegum gereordnm swá ðæra manna wæs,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 12.
Etymology
[Ða apostoli er þon þet heo toferden, O. E. Homl. i. 93, 8. O. H. Ger. ze-fuoren.]
Similar entries
v. tó-faran, - gán.
Linked entries
v.  tó-faran.
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