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fór

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
fór, e; f. [fór, p. of faran to go]
Wright's OE grammar
§559; §649;
A going, setting out, journey, course, way, approach; ĭtio, profectio, ĭter, cursus, sĕmĭta, accessus
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  • Fór wæs ðý beorhtre

    the course was the brighter.

    • Exon. 105 a
      • ;
    • Th. 400, 11
      • ;
    • Rä. 20, 8.

  • Me is fenýce fóre hreþre

    a fen-frog is more rapid than I in its course,

    • 111a
      • ;
    • Th. 426, 10
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 71.

  • He hine ofteáh ðære fóre

    subtraxit se illi profectiōni,

    • Bd. 5, 9
      • ;
    • S. 623, 23: Ps. Th. 104, 33.

  • He ðyder on ðære fóre wæs

    he was on the journey thither,

    • Guthl. 16
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 68, 1: Exon. 112b
      • ;
    • Th. 430, 19
      • ;
    • Rä. 44, 11: 120a
      • ;
    • Th. 461, 9
      • ;
    • Hö. 33.

  • He sona ongann fýsan to fóre

    he soon began to hasten for the way,

    • Cd. 138
      • ;
    • Th. 173, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 2860.

  • Ne can ic Abeles ór ne fóre

    I know not Abel's coming nor going,

    • 48
      • ;
    • Th. 61, 33
      • ;
    • Gen. 1006.

  • Ðú scealt ða fóre geferan

    thou shall go the journey,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 431
      • ;
    • An. 216: 673
      • ;
    • An. 337: Exon. 40 b
      • ;
    • Th. 136, 8
      • ;
    • Gú. 538.

  • Ðú ongeáte fóre mine

    inlellexisti semltam meam,

    • Ps. Th. 138, 2.

  • Hi wendon heora fóre to Cantwarbyrig

    they went their way to Canterbury,

    • Chr. 1009
      • ;
    • Erl. 142, 17: 1004
      • ;
    • Erl. 139, 24.

  • Ðara láreówa fóre heaðoradon

    doctōrum arcĕbant accessum,

    • Bd. 4, 27
      • ;
    • S. 604, 29.
Derived forms
forþ-fór, sǽ-
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “fór.” 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/11167.

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