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faroþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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faroþ, faroþ, es; m.
Substitute:
water in motion [? cf. faran; I. 3; and for connexion of a noun denoting water with a verb denoting motion, v. wǽg wave, and wegan to move], surging sea, ocean, waves
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  • Brádne hwyrft oð þæt brim faroþæs

    (cf. the phrase sæ-acute;s brim. The MS. has oð ꝥ brim faroþæs: in Az. 38 the reading is oð brimflódas)

    the spacious vault of heaven down to the waters of ocean (i. e. to the horizon),

    the entire expanse of the sky,

    • Dan. 322
      • .

  • Mec sǽ oðbær æfter faroðe

    the sea bore me along on its waves,

    • B. 580
      • .

  • Wæs æt holme gearo, fús æt faroðe,

    • 1916.

  • Bát on sǽwe, fleót on faroðe,

    • Hy. 4, 100
      • .

  • Hí hyne ætbǽron tó brimes faroðe

    they bore him to the water,

    • B. 28
      • .

  • Gewát him ofer sandhleoðu tó sæ-acute;s faruðe,

    • An. 236
      • .

  • Brimþisan æt sæ-acute;s faroðe sécan,

    • 1660.
the land bordering the sea, shore
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  • Hé on greóte stód, fús on faroðe,

    • An. 255
      • .
[Perhaps some passages given under I.should be taken here.]
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v. compounds with faroþ-.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “faroþ.” 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/44543.

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