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EOFOR

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
EOFOR, eofer, eafor, efor, efer, efyr, ofor, es; m. I.
Wright's OE grammar
§48; §92; §169; §341;
a boar, a wild boar; ăper
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  • Fornam hine eofor of wuda

    extermĭnāvit eam ăper de silva,

    • Ps. Spl. 79,
    • 14;
    • Ps. Th. has
    • ,
  • Hine útan of wuda eoferas wrótaþ

    • 79, 13: Exon. 110b
    • ;
    • Th. 423,
    • 8;
    • Rä. 41, 18: 92a
    • ;
    • Th. 344,
    • 20;
    • Gn. Ex. 176
    • .
  • Sele ðú him flǽsc eofores

    give him boar's flesh,

    • L. M. 2,
    • 4;
    • Lchdm. ii. 182,
    • 14.
  • II. the figure of a boar on a helmet; signum apri sŭper găleam Swýn eal-gylden, eofer íren-heard

    the swine all-golden, the boar iron-hard,

    • Beo. Th. 2228
    • ;
    • B. 1112: 2660
    • ;
    • B. 1328
    • .
Etymology
[
Ger. ëber, m:
M. H. Ger. eber , m:
O. H. Ger. ebur, m:
Icel. jöfurr, m
.]
Derived forms
eofor-cumbol, -fearn, -líc, -spreót, -swín, -þring, -þrote, -wíc, -wíc-ceaster, -wícingas, -wíc-scír, eoforen, eoforen-denu
Linked entries
v.  eafor efer efor efyr eofer eafor-heáfod-segn.
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  • EOFOR, n.