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tó-faran

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-faran, p. -fór; pp. -faren.
to go in different directions, go off separately, part
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  • On sumera tófór se here, sum on East-Engle, sum on Norðhymbre,

    • Chr. 897;
    • Erl. 94, 25.

  • Ðá hié tógædere woldon, ðá com swá ungemetlíc rén, ðæt heora nán ne mehte nánes wǽpnes gewealdan, and for ðæm tófóran,

    • Ors. 4, 10;
    • Swt. 194, 19.

  • Tófóran on feówer wegas ætfelinga bearn

    they went off in four different directions,

    • Cd. Th. 102, 8;
    • Gen. 1697.

  • Ær ðam ðe his Apostolas tófarene wǽron geond ealle eorðan tó lǽranne,

    • L. Alf. 49;
    • Th. i. 56, 4.
to disperse (intrans.), scatter
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  • Swelce se bitresta smíc upp ástlge and ðonne wíde tófáre,

    • Ors. 3, 11;
    • Swt. 142, 21.

  • Ǽr seó mengeo eft tófaran sceolde,

    • Cd. Th. 100, 15;
    • Gen. 1664.

  • Ó his fird tófaren wæs

    until his army was dispersed,

    • Ors. 3, 11;
    • Swt. 152, 21.

  • Ðonne hié gind ðæt lond tófarene wǽron, hié ðonne hié floccmælum slogan,

    • 2, 5; Swt. 78, 12
      • :
    • 3, 7; Swt. 116, 29.
to go away, pass off, depart, become extinct. v. tó-fær
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  • Syle drincan . . . ðæt yfel tófærþ,

    • Lchdm. i. 118, 6.

  • Syle drincan on wíne, eal ðæt áttor tófærþ,

    • 122, 18.

  • The folk . . . shall tofare on every clyve,

    • Anglia iii. 546, 146.
[
O. Sax. te-faran to disperse; to pass away
:
O. L. Ger. te-faran deficere
:
O. H. Ger. ze-faran dissolvi, paeterire, transire, perire, defluere
]
Similar entries
v. tó-féran, -gán, -gangan.
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v.  tó-fær tó-féran.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-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/30661.

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