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ge-féran

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-féran, p. -férde; pp. -féred.
v. intrans.
To go, travel, go on, behave, fare, get on, come, get to a place
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  • He geférde óð ðæt he Adam funde

    he journeyed until he found Adam,

    • Cd. 23; Th. 29, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 453
      • .

  • Frécne geférdon

    daringly they behaved,

    • Beo. Th. 3386
      • ;
    • B. 1691
      • .

  • Ðá ðis cúþ wæs hú ða óðre geférdon

    when this was known how the others had fared,

    • Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 8
      • :
    • Cd. 214; Th. 268, 29
      • ;
    • Sat. 62
      • .

  • Ne mæg ðǽr unwitfull ǽnig geféran

    no deceitful man can get there,

    • Cd. 45; Th. 58, 19
      • ;
    • Gen. 948
      • .

  • Ic eom hider feorran geféred

    I have come hither, from far,

    • 25; Th. 32, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 498
      • .
v. trans.
To perform a journey, reach or get by going, obtain, attain, experience, suffer
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  • Ðú scealt ða fóre geféran

    thou shalt perform that journey,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 431
      • ;
    • An. 715; 388
      • ;
    • An. 194
      • .

  • Se hit mæg hrædlícor geféran

    who can perform the journey more speedily,

    • Blickl. Homl. 231, 24, 25
      • .

  • Ðe ðæt upplíce ríce geférdon

    who reached the realm on high,

    • Homl. Th. i. 542, 26
      • :
    • Chr. 988; Erl. 131, 10
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 6119
      • ;
    • B. 3063
      • .

  • Ðæs siges ðe hie geféred hæfdon

    for the victory that they had obtained,

    • Blickl. Homl. 203, 33
      • .

  • Ðá férdon ða Pyhtas and geférdon ðis land norðanweard

    then the Picts went and got the north part of this land,

    • Chr. Erl. 3, 13
      • .

  • Hafast ðú geféred ðæt ðé weras ehtigaþ

    thou hast attained [this] that men will esteem thee,

    • Beo. Th. 2446
      • ;
    • B. 1221
      • .

  • Hí ðǽr geférdon máran hearm ðonne hí ǽfre wéndon

    they there suffered greater hurt than they ever expected,

    • Chr. 994; Erl. 131, 21
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2801
      • ;
    • An. 1403
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-féran.” 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/14332.

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