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feran, l. féran,
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
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of motion.
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  • Hwæt is þes mihtiga þe þus mǽrlíce féreþ

    (cometh like an honoured guest)?,

    • Bl. H. 71, 14
      • .

  • Hé mid fierde férde,

    • Chr. 835
      • ;
    • P. 62, 17
      • .

  • Hé foerde ðona

    abiit inde,

    • Mt. L. 19, 15
      • .

  • Ꝥ hrýðer geond ꝥ wésten férde,

    • Bl. H. 199, 10
      • .

  • 'Farað þider' . . . Hié þá ealle férdon,

    • 239, 12
      • .

  • Férdon

    abscedunt,

    • An. Ox. 3590
      • .

  • Hí férdon ǽfre forð æfter,

    • Chr. 999
      • ;
    • P. 133, 9
      • .

  • Fér in mont

    transmigra in montem,

    • Ps. Srt. 10, 2
      • .

  • Féran

    properare,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 66
      • .
with reflex. dat.
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  • Hé him hámweard férde tó his ágnum ríce,

    • Ors. 2, 4
      • ;
    • S. 74, 33.

  • Férde ǽlc man him hám,

    • Chr. 1016
      • ;
    • P. 147, 24
      • .

  • Hí him férdon onbúton swá swá hí sylf, woldon,

    • 1001
      • ;
    • P. 133, 27
      • .

  • Þú mihtest þé féran betwyx þám tunglum,

    • Bt. 36, 2
      • ;
    • F. 174, 10.
with road by which motion is effected in dat. or inst. :
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  • Ic þǽm wegum férde,

    • Nar. 6, 28.

  • Férdon wé forð þý wege þe wé ǽr ongunnon,

    • 8, 18
      • .

  • Ic wolde þǽm frécnan wege and síðfatum foeran,

    • 6, 3
      • .
figurative.
of course taken
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  • Férdon betwux

    (intervened)

    Ródbeard eorl and Eádgar æðeling and þǽra cinga sehte gemacedon,

    • Chr. 1091
      • ;
    • P. 226, 37
      • .

  • Fulfremednesse weg þe wé on féran sceolan,

    • Bl. H. 21, 17
      • .
of going from this world, to depart this life
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  • Ǽr hé of worulde férde,

    • Bl. H. 225, 9
      • .

  • Férdon forð Tatwine and Biéda,

    • Chr. 734
      • ;
    • P. 44, 14
      • .

  • Gif ceorl and his wíf bearn hæbben gemǽne, and fére se ceorl forð,

    • Ll. Th. i. 126, 4
      • .
of action, behaviour, to go on, proceed
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  • Heó férde fracodlíce on forlygre

    she shamefully practised adultery,

    • Hml. S. 2, 217
      • .

  • On wlence ic férde þurh ꝥ ídele wuldor,

    • Angl. xi. 113, 50
      • .

  • Wæs hé mid yrre onstyred, for ðon þe ꝥ hrýðer swá ofermódlíce férde,

    • Bl. H. 199, 17.

  • Hé férde swá swá his forcúða fæder and swá swá his fracode módor him yfele gebysnodon,

    • Hml. S. 18, 229
      • .

  • Sum leódscipe þe God wolde gewítnian for heora gewitleásum dǽdum; ꝥ wǽron ðá Niniuitiscan þe wódlíce férdon,

    • 13, 275
      • :
    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 8
      • .

  • Litel rihtwísnesse wæs . . . búton mid munecan áne þǽr þǽr hí wæll férdon,

    • Chr. 1086
      • ;
    • P. 218, 9.
to fare, go on, succeed.
of persons
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  • Hí swuncon on ídel and earmlíce férdon,

    • Hml. S. 32, 206
      • .
impersonal
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  • Hú wel hit férde mid ús þá ðá þis ígland wæs wunigende on sibbe,

    • Hml. S. 13, 147.

  • Hé wæs smeágende hú hit on ðæs cáseres híréde férde,

    • 23, 222
      • .
to come, be derived
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  • Ic wéne ꝥ þú nǽfre tó ðus mycles mægnes lǽcedómum becóme swylcum swá ic gefregn ðá þe fram Ǽscolapio férdon,

    • Lch. i. 326, 7
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. fere to travel, behave, fare.
O. Frs. féra
:
O. Sax. fórian
:
O. H. Ger. fuoren
:
Icel. færa.
All these, though agreeing in form, are used with a causative force to carry, bring.]
Similar entries
v. fore-, ymb-féran; forþbig-, wíd-férende.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “feran.” 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/44832.

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