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afor, l. áfor.
Dele Goth. abrs, and add:
bitter to the taste,
acid, sour
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  • Áuur (suur?) léc

    acerbum cepe

    ,
      Germ. 394, 262.
  • Gedó tó þám hunige emfela ecedes þæs ne sié swíþe áfor ne swíðe swéte . . . and ne sié on bergnesse tó sweotol þæs ecedes áfre scearpnes. Lch. ii. 224, 17-22.

  • Ne scearp ne tó áfor (δριμὐ) . . . þá scearpan áfran þing (τἀ στφοντὐ) sint tó fleónne,

      210, 20, 29.

  • Swéte wín sél mylt þonne ꝥ áfre,

      196, 25.

  • Por and cawel and eal þá þe sýn áfer,

      26, 18.
  • Swá hwylce þincg swá syndon áfore oððe bitere, i. 310, 12.
bitter, of complaint, &c.
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  • Mid biterum (áfrum) heófum

    amaris questibus

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      An. Ox. 2828.
severe in its operation, of a remedy
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  • Gehwæ-þeres sceal mon nyttian and miscian, ꝥ þone líchoman hǽle and ǽfer mægen hæbbe. Lch. ii. 22, 7.

  • Gif se maga þæs ne féle, lege óþra on-legena on strengran and áferran,

      192, 21.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. eivar acerbus, amarus.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “afor.” 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/38215.

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