earh-faru
- noun [ feminine ]
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Habbaþ scearp speru, atole earhfare
they have sharp spears, a terrible flight of arrows,
- Salm. Kmbl. 259 ;
- Sal. 129 .
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Mid earhfare
with a flight of arrows,
- Andr. Kmbl. 2097 ;
- An. 1050 .
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Ða us gescildaþ wið sceððendra eglum [MS englum] earhfarum
they shall shield us against the enemies' noxious flights of arrows,
- Exon. 19 a ;
- Th. 47, 28;
- Cri. 762 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “earh-faru.” 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/8646.
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