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be-faran

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to come upon, surprise, catch
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  • Ætsǽton ðá Centiscan beæftan . . . þá befór se here hié ðǽr,

    • Chr. 905
      • ;
    • P. 94, 7.

  • Þá landesmenn hine befóron innan þǽre burh and hine ofslógon,

    • 1068
      • ;
    • P. 203, 21.

  • Gif man hwilcne man teó ꝥ hé þone man féde þe úres hláfordes grið tóbrocen habbe . . . and gif hine (the man so accused) man mid him (the breaker of the peace) befare, beón hig bégen ánes rihtes weorðe,

      Ll. Th. i. 298, 2.

  • Þá cýdde man intó þǽre scipfyrde þet hí mann eáðe befaran mihte, gif man ymbe beón wolde,

    • Chr. 1009
      • ;
    • P. 138, 20.
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Etymology
[
O. Frs. bi-fara to come upon, catch.
]
Similar entries
v. be-féran, and cf. be-rídan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-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/39726.

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