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fǽr-deáþ

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Sudden death, apoplexy
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  • Fǽrdeáþ

    apoplexia,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 63
    • .
  • Sǽde Cecilia þám brýdguman þ heó gesáwe engel of heofenum, and sé wolde hyne sleán myd fǽrdeáþe

    (he would strike him dead),

    gif hé hyre onhryne,

    • Shrn. 149, 24
    • .
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[
Fǽrdeáð mors repentina, Angl. xi. 387, 396.
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  • fǽr-deáþ,