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tó-ferian

  • verb [ weak ]
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tó-ferian, p. ede
To carry in different directions; diffene.
to remove, get rid of
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  • Hit ðæt sár tófereþ,

      Lchdm. i. 114, 3 : 108, 8: 130, 19: 190, 8.
to
put off
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  • Swá oft gebiddende ná raþe beóþ gehýrede úre ús dǽda on eágum wé tóforan settan ðæt ðæt sylfe ðæt wé synd tóferede ná godcundre byþ geteald rihtwísnysse ac gyltes úres

    quotiens orantes non cito exaudimur, nostra nobis facta in oculis proponamus, ut hoc ipsum quod differimur non divinae reputetur justitiae sed culpe nostre,

      Scint. 35, 10.
to digest; digerere
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  • Ðæt seó dæges þigen tófered sý . . . and se maga gelýht, ðæt hé ðe eáð his wæccean healdan mǽge

    ut digesíi surgant,

      R. Ben. 32, 14.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-ferian.” 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/30666.

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