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a-fyrran

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
a-fyrran, -fyran; p. ede, de; pp. ed [a from, fyrr far]
Wright's OE grammar
§99; §259; §278; §530;
To remove, take away, expel, deliver; amovere, avertere, elongare, auferre, eripere
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  • Næddran hí afyrraþ

    serpentes tollent,

    • Mk. Bos. 16, 18
      • .

  • Beóþ afyrrede

    are taken away.

    • Ps. Spl. 57, 8
      • .

  • Ðú afyrdest of Jacobe ða graman hæftnéd

    avertisti captivitatem Jacob,

    • Ps. Th. 84, 1
      • .

  • Ðú me afyrdest frýnd ða nýhstan

    elongasti a me amicum et proximum,

    • 87, 18; 88, 36
      • :
    • Bd. 2, 20; S. 522, 23: 4, 11
      • ;
    • S. 579, 34
      • .

  • Afyrrinde gefeoht oððe óþ ende eorþan

    auferens bella usque ad finem terræ.

    • Ps. Spl. C. T. 45, 9
      • .

  • Afyrr me feóndum mínum

    enpe me de inimicis meis,

    • Ps. Th. 142, 10
      • .

  • Afyr,

    • 118, 22: 53, 5
      • .

  • Ic ðé wolde cwealm afyrran

    I would remove death from thee,

    • Exon. 28b; Th. 87, 17
      • ;
    • Cri. 1426
      • .

  • Dream wæs afyrred

    joy was removed,

    • 42 a; Th. 142, 9
      • ;
    • Gú. 641
      • .

  • He hæfde feóndas afyrde

    he had the fiends expelled,

    • 43 b; Th. 147, 1
      • ;
    • Gú. 720
      • .
Similar entries
v. a-feorran.
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v.  a-fyran.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “a-fyrran.” 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/1167.

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