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without warning or notice, unexpectedly, of a sudden, all at once
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  • Féringa

    improvisu,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 64

  • Fǽringa,

    • 45, 41.

  • Féringa

    extimplo,

    • Kent. Gl. 146
      • .

  • Þá fǽringa

    (repente)

    stód þǽr ætforan þǽre dura sum man,

    • Gr. D. 62, 9
      • :
    • Bl. H. 173, 24
      • ;
    • 175, 2
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    • B. 1414
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  • Fǽringa ymbe þá herehúðe hé hlemmeð tógædre grimme góman,

    • Wal. 60
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    • 44
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  • Hé fǽringa feóll tó þǽre eorðan. . . and hé forðférde,

    • Chr. 1042
      • ;
    • P. 162, 14
      • :
    • Bl. H. 223, 11
      • .

  • Swealt Ósgod fǽringa swá swá hé on his reste læg,

    • Chr. 1054
      • ;
    • P. 184, 21
      • :
    • Jul. 477
      • .
without premeditation
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  • Sume ic lárum geteáh tó geflite . . . þæt hý fǽringa ealde æfþoncan edníwedan,

    • Jul. 484
      • .
soon, at once, without delay, early
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  • Hé cwæþ : " Cuman nú mycele hundas forþ "; and þá fǽringa cóman hundas forþ,

    • Bl. H. 181, 20
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  • Eft fǽringa (cf. eft sóna),

    • 129, 9
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  • Fǽrunga hig cómon tó him

    diluculo veniebant ad eum

    • Ps L. 77, 34
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  • Biscope is forbod ꝥ hé onfóe níwe cumenum preóst and tó gehǽlgenne férunga,

    • Mt. L. 10, 14 note
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  • Hit fǽringa fýre byrneð,

    • Ph. 531.
by chance; forte
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  • Man slǽtte ǽnne fearr fǽringa (fér-, v. l.) þǽrúte,

    • Hml. S. 12, 72
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  • Gif heora hwylc fǽringa

    (forte)

    tóðint,

    • R. Ben. 46, 16
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  • Fǽrunga,

    • R. Ben. I. 16, 13
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    • 54, 6
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    • 87, 3
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  • Begýmað þæt [ne] fǽrunga beón gehefegude heortan eówre

    adtendite ne forte grauentur corda uestra,

    • Scint. 105, 1
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. fárungo
:
O. H. Ger. fárunga subito, casu.
]
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v. fǽran; II.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fǽringa.” 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/44398.

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