for-faran
- verb [ strong ]
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Seó scipfyrd [MS. scipfyrde] ælmǽst earmlíce forfór
almost all the ship-force perished miserably,
- Chr. 1091 ;
- Erl. 227, 35.
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Hí mǽst ealle forfóron
they almost all perished,
- 910 ;
- Erl. 101, 8, 33: 1096 ;
- Erl. 233, 22.
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Forfare hý man mid ealle
let a man totally destroy them,
- L. E. G. 11 ;
- Th. i. 174, 2: L. C. S. 4 ;
- Th. i. 378, 9.
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Ðæt man ða sáwla ne forfare ðe Grist mid his agenum lífe gebohte
that a man cause not the souls to perish which Christ bought with his own life,
- L. C. S. 3 ;
- Th. i. 378, 2.
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Wæs swíðe feala manna forfaren
very many men were destroyed,
- Chr. 1025 ;
- Erl. 163, 10.
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Mycel orfes wæs ðæs geáres forfaren
much cattle was destroyed this year,
- 1041 ;
- Erl. 169, 8.
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Wearþ micel his heres forfaren
many of his army were destroyed,
- 1067 ;
- Erl. 204, 9.
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Fordoes ł forfæras
perdiderit,
- Mt. Kmb. Lind. 10, 39.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-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/11441.
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