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feran

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
feran, to ferenne; part. ferende; p. ferde, pl. ferdon; pp. fered [fer a journey]
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To go, make a journey, set out, travel, march, sail; īre, ĭter făcĕre, proficisci, transīre, migrāre, nāvĭgāre
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  • He hine to cyninge feran hét

    he called him to go to the king,

    • Bd. 3, 23
      • ;
    • S. 554, 39: Cd. 109
      • ;
    • Th. 144, 32
      • ;
    • Gen. 2398: Exon. 28 b
      • ;
    • Th. 86, 31
      • ;
    • Cri. 1416: Beo. Th. 53
      • ;
    • B. 27: Andr. Kmbl. 347
      • ;
    • An. 174: Elen. Kmbl. 429
      • ;
    • El. 215
      • ;
    • Ps. Th. 118, 3: Bt. Met. Fox 4, 35
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    • Met. 4, 18: Judth. 9
      • ;
    • Thw. 21, 10
      • ;
    • Jud. 12: Byrht. Th. 132, 64
      • ;
    • By. 41.

  • Ðá hí swá mycelne síþfæt feran sceoldan

    when they must go so great a journey,

    • Bd. 3, 15
      • ;
    • S. 541, 30: 1, 23
      • ;
    • S. 485, 38.

  • He on morne feran wolde

    he wished to set out in the morning,

    • Bd. 2, 6
      • ;
    • S. 508, 7.

  • Ic wegas ðíne þence to ferenne fótum mínum

    I think to go thy ways with my feet,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 59.

  • Folc ferende

    travelling people,

    • Cd. 80
      • ;
    • Th. 99, 28
      • ;
    • Gen. 1653: Exon. 103 a
      • ;
    • Th. 390, 12
      • ;
    • Rä. 8, 9: Ps. Th. 125, 5.

  • Ic fere geond foldan

    I travel over the earth,

    • Exon. 101 a
      • ;
    • Th. 381, 2
      • ;
    • Rä. 2, 5: Ps. Th. 140, 12.

  • Ðú mid mildse mínre ferest

    thou goest with my grace,

    • Andr. Kmbl, 3345
      • ;
    • An. 1676.

  • Mon fereþ feor

    a man goes far,

    • Exon. 91 a
      • ;
    • Th. 343, 20
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 146
      • ;
    • Salm. Kmbl. 614
      • ;
    • Sal. 306: Menol. Fox 327
      • ;
    • Men. 165.

  • Ác fereþ gelóme ofer ganotes bæþ

    a ship [lit. oak] often saileth over the sea [lit. sea-fowl's bath ],

    Runic pm.
    • 25
      • ;
    • Kmbl. 344, 18
      • ;
    • vHick, Thes. i. 135, 49.

  • Ða ðe heonon feraþ

    those who go hence,

    • Cd. 228
      • ;
    • Th. 305, 29
      • ;
    • Sat. 654: Exon. 102 a
      • ;
    • Th. 385, 14
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 44.

  • Ic ferde to foldan ufan from éþle

    I went to earth from the realm above,

    • Cd. 224
      • ;
    • Th. 295, 30
      • ;
    • Sat. 495
      • ;
    • Ps. Th. 142, 11.

  • Mid Gode Noe ferde

    Noe cum Deo ambŭlāvit,

    • Gen. 6, 9: Andr. Kmbl. 1323
      • ;
    • An. 662: Exon. 42 b
      • ;
    • Th. 143, 18
      • ;
    • Gú. 663.

  • Ferde his hlísa to Galilea ríce

    prōcessit rūmor ejus in omnem rĕgiōnem Gălilææ,

    • Mk. Bos. 1, 28: Homl. Th. ii. 358, 5.

  • Sum sǽdere ferde to sáwenne his sǽd

    a sower went to sow his seed,

    ii.
    • 88, 13: 90, 10.

  • He ferde fram him and wæs fered on heofen

    recessit ab eis et ferēbātur in cælum,

    • Lk. Bos. 24, 51.

  • He eft hám ferde

    he went home again,

    • Bd. 2, 9
      • ;
    • S. 512, 5: 3, 11
      • ;
    • S. 536, 9.

  • Hilde of deáþe ferde to lífe

    Hilda de morte transīvit ad vītam,

    • Bd. 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 595, 32.

  • He ferde ofer sǽ

    he went over the sea,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 17, 7: 19, 2: Chr. 1140
      • ;
    • Erl. 265, 39.

  • God ferde forþ

    ăbiit Dŏmĭnus,

    • Gen. 18, 33.

  • Ferde Constantius forþ on Breotone

    Constantius died [lit. went forth] in Britain,

    • Bd. 1, 8
      • ;
    • S. 479, 29.

  • Hí ferdon to Róme

    they went to Rome,

    • Chr. 737
      • ;
    • Erl. 47, 22: Gen. 11, 31: Boutr. Scrd. 22, 18: Beo. Th. 3268
      • ;
    • B. 1632.

  • He hí lǽrde ðæt hí ferdon on ðæt geweorc ðæs Godes wordes

    in ŏpus eos verbi proficisci suādet,

    • Bd. 1, 23
      • ;
    • S. 485, 39.

  • Hí ferdon ongén ðone brýdguman

    exiērunt obviam sponso,

    • Mt. Bos. 25, 1.

  • Hí ofer sǽ ferdon

    they went over the sea,

    • Chr. 1087
      • ;
    • Erl. 226, 7, 12.

  • Tíd is ðæt ðú fete

    it is time that thou goest,

    • Exon. 51 b
      • ;
    • Th. 179, 30
      • ;
    • Gú. 1269: Andr. Kmbl. 448
      • ;
    • An. 224.

  • Ǽr gé furður feran

    ere ye go further,

    • Beo. Th. 513
      • ;
    • B. 254.
Derived forms
be-feran, for-, forþ-, ge-, geond-, of-, ofer-, þurh-, to-
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v. faran.
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v.  fyran.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “feran.” 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/10498.

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