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fercian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to bring, carry, conduct
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  • Þá ealdormenn forléton þá scipo and þet folc, þá þe on ðám scipe wǽron, færcodon (fercodon, v. l.) ðá scipo eft tó Lundene,

    • Chr. 1009
      • ;
    • P. 139, 5
      • .
to support
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  • Wyrtum fercian

    leguminibus (vitam) sustentare,

    • An. Ox. 1635
      • .

  • Ǽlcon men is álýfed ꝥ hé of his yldrena gestreóne hine sylfne fercian móte,

    • Hml. S. 23, 597.
figuratively:
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  • Man sceall þé óþer gecýþan ꝥ þú ús ná lencg ne þearft mid þínre leásunge fercian

    (you need not try to make us swallow any more of your lies),

    • Hml. S. 23, 713
      • .
intrans.
To go, moke one's way
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  • On þám forman geáre gǽð seó sunne on ǽrnemergen on ꝥ tácen þe ys

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    genemned . . . þý þriddan heó síhð tó þám tácne oð ǽfen, and on þám feórðan geáre heó ferecað on middre nihte tó þám foresprecenan tácne,

    • Angl. viii. 307, 21
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. firk.
For double sense cf. a similar case in O. H. Ger. fuora profectio; sustentatio.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fercian.” 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/44834.

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