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færeld

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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færeld, (n. and) m.
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of movement,
going, walking, &c.
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  • Færelde

    cursu (rapidissimo abscessit),

    • An. Ox. 4903.

  • Þú on hrædum færelde þone heofon ymbhweorfest

    rapido coelum turbine versas,

    • Bt. 4
      • ;
    • F. 6, 31
      • .
a particular mode of travel:
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  • Mót hé swá rídan, swá rówan, swá swilce færelde faran swylce tó his wege gebyrige,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 420, 24.
ability to walk:
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  • Hé gesundfull his færeldes breác,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 136, 5
      • .

  • Healtum hí forgeáfon færeld,

    • i. 544, 33.

  • Underfóð þá healtan færeld,

    • Hml. S. 29, 337
      • .
a going, course, journey
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  • Þes mónan færeld, on hwilcum tungle hé nú is oþþe on hwilce hé ðanon géð

    quo cras signo luna cursura sit,

    • Solil. H. 17, 18
      • :
    • 20, 16
      • .

  • Ðæt wǽre getácnod ðurh Balaham on ðǽre lettinge his færeltes

    (in ipsa ejus itineris retardatione),

    • Past. 255, 20
      • .

  • Hig æfter ridon ídelum færelde,

    • Jos. 2, 7.

  • Faran þreóra daga færeld,

    • Ex. 3, 18
      • .

  • Gif þet Godes wille seó þæt heó ꝥ færeld áge

    (that she be able to make the journey),

    • Cht. Th. 481, 13
      • .

  • Se cwyrnstán tyrnð singallíce and nǽnne færeld ne ðurhtíhð

    the millstone turns continually and never moves a step from its place,

    • Hml. Th. i. 514, 20
      • .

  • Færeltu

    meatus,

    færeð

    meat,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 32
      • .

  • Færeldum

    meatibus,

    • An. Ox. 4857
      • .

  • Mid flugelum færeldum

    fugitiuis discursibus,

    • 263
      • .
a military expedition:
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  • Hé wæs biddende . . . ꝥ hé móste on Ispánie firde gelǽdan, and hé ꝥ færelt þurteáh . . . Rómáne wǽron þæs færeltes swá geornfulle . . . þæt hié eall him gesealdon þæt hié þá hæfdon on þǽm færelte tó fultume,

    • Ors. 4, 10
      • ;
    • S. 196, 12-20
      • .

  • Sendon Rómáne hiene þæt hé þæs færeltes consul wǽre

    consul creatus in Africam transiit,

    • S. 200, 2.

  • Hé gegaderade fierde, and wolde faran on Perse . . . ac God gewræc on þǽm færelte . . . his árleáse geþóht,

    • 6, 31
      • ;
    • S. 282, 29
      • :
    • 4, 10
      • ;
    • S. 194, 4
      • .
of space traversed,
a way, road
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  • Seó sǽ him gerýmde þreóra míla dríes færeldes,

    • Hml. Th. i. 564, 18.
the run, track of an animal:
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  • Denn ł fęreldu

    lustra (vaga venatrix (the cat)

    rimabor

    lustra

    ferarum,

    • Ald. 265, 7
      • ),
    • An. Ox. 26, 47
      • .

  • Færeltu

    lustra (cf. ryne lustra,

    • 50, 42
      • ),
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 21
      • .
a means of transport, carriage, vehicle
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  • Færelde, wǽne

    uehiculo,

    • An. Ox. 4164
      • :
    • 2, 378
      • :
    • 11, 189
      • .
people (and things) in movement, an expeditionary force, a train, retinue
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  • Fór se consul on Affrice and mid eallum his færelte on sé forwearð

    universam classem naufragio amisit,

    • Ors. 4, 6
      • ;
    • S. 180, 2
      • .

  • Hé bebeád þæt nán crísten mon ne cóme on his hiérede ne on his færelte

    omnes Christianos e palatio suo jussit expelli,

    • 6, 30
      • ;
    • S. 282, 29
      • .
of conduct,
course, way of life, proceeding
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  • Ic ǽlcum sylle æfter his færelde

    do unicuique juxta viam suam

      (
    • Jer. 17, 10
      • ),
    • Hml. Th. i. 114, 17
      • .

  • His wiðerwinna wæs on eallum his færelde sum drý,

    • 370, 32
      • .

  • Se líchoma dǽm móde wiernð his unnyttan færelta,

    • Past. 257, 9.
referring to the Passover
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  • Pascha is on Léden

    transitus,

    and on Englisc færeld; for ðan on ðisum dæge férde Godes folc ofer ðá Reádan sǽ,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 282, 15
      • .
Etymology
[
Icel. farald.
]
Similar entries
v. fram-, hám-, onweg-, sǽ-, scip-, úp-, wealh-færeld; fereld in Dict.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “færeld.” 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/44389.

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