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afor

  • adjective
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afor, adj.
Vehement, dire, hateful, rough, austere; vehemens, atrox, odiosus, asper, austerus, acerbus
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  • Iudiþ, egesfull and afor

    Judith, dreadful and vehement,

    • Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 13
    • ;
    • Jud. 257
    • .
  • Afrum onfengum

    with their dire attempts,

    • Exon. 403; Th. 133, 15
    • ;
    • Gú. 490
    • .
  • Ðæt [sǽd] byþ þreóhyrne, and hyt byþ afor and sweart

    the scent is three-cornered, and it is rough and swarthy,

    • Herb. 181, 1; Lchdm, i. 316, 11
    • .
Etymology
[
Goth. abrs strong
:
O. Nrs. æfr sævus, vehemens, ferox
.]
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