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mis-faran

(v.)

to go astrayto errtransgressto fare badlyhave ill success

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to go astray, to err, transgress Oft for ðæs láreówes unwísdóm misfaraþ ða hiéremenn per pastorum ignorantiam hi, qui sequuntur, offendant, Past. 1, 4; Swt. 29, 4. Ðæt men for nytennysse misfaran ne sceolon, Homl. Th. ii. 314, 5. [Cf. If Joseph sag hise

Linked entry: mis-féran

óþ-faran

(v.)
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to escape Siððan hié feóndum óþfaren hæfdon, Cd. Th. 181, 21; Exod. 64

ge-faran

Similar entry: un-gefaren

wiþ-faran

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-faran, p. -fór

To escape

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To escape. Similar entries v. wiþ, II. 3 Siððan hié ðam [herge] wiðfóron, Cd. Th. 214, 23; Exod. 573

full-faran

(v.)
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to perform a journey For unfriðe man mót freólsǽfenan nýde fulfaran betweónan Eferwíc and six míla gemete, Ll. Th. ii. 298, 26

Linked entry: faran

ofer-faran

Grammar
ofer-faran, <b>II α.</b>
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Add Bremmas oferfóren ( cum) cerula (proprios) egrederentur (terminos ), An. Ox, 2479. II δ. add: The passage glossed is: Vastae solitudinis secreta penetrans, Ald. 51, 5, with reference to time Mihst þú swá manegra tída lencgu oferfaran ꝥ þú ne freóde

ymb-faran

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Þá sende Theodosius fultum beforan him . . .; ac hié wurdon útan ymbfaren of þǽm muntum and ealle ofslagen, Ors. 6, 36; S. 294, 19. Add

of-faran

(v.)

to come up with those who are pursued, to overtake, to get near enough to attack, to reach and attack

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to come up with those who are pursued, to overtake, to get near enough to attack, to reach and attack Ðá Philippus wæs cirrende ðá offór hiene óðere Sciððie Triballe wǽron hátene revertenti Philippo Triballi bello obviunt, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 1. Ðá

be-faran

to come uponsurprisecatch

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to come upon, surprise, catch Ætsǽton ðá Centiscan beæftan . . . þá befór se here hié ðǽr, Chr. 905; P. 94, 7. Þá landesmenn hine befóron innan þǽre burh and hine ofslógon, 1068; P. 203, 21. Gif man hwilcne man teó ꝥ hé þone man féde þe úres hláfordes

in-faran

(v.)
Grammar
in-faran, p. -fór

To go intoenter

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To go into, enter Ic infare on húse ðinum introibo in domum tuam, Ps. Spl. 5, 8. Innfæreþ ingredietur, Jn. Skt. Lind. 10, 9. Infór se cingc on ða sǽ ingressus est pharao in mare, Cantic. Moys. 19. Ðis synd Israhéla naman ðe infóron on Egipta land hæc

ymb-faran

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-faran, p. -fór
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To surround Hé hét ðæt fæste lond útan ymbfaran, ðæt him mon sceolde an má healfa on feohtan þonne on án, Ors. 2. 5; Swt. 80, 26

á-faran

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Hé of ðǽre wícstówe áfor, Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 13. Hé þonan áfór . . . and him from áfaran hét ealla þá burgware, 2, 5; S. 80, 29. Áfór Alexander þonan on Frigam, 3, 9; S. 124, 22. Þæt hié from þǽm fæstenne áfóren, 4, 11 ; S. 206, 17. Siþþan Gallia út

fór-faran

(v.)

Similar entry: for-faran

forþ-faran

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Dele frst passage, and add Forðfærð defungitur, forðfaren defunctus, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 71, 70. Ádwǽsced, forþfaren, ácweald extinctus, i. peremptus, mortuus, ii. 145, 20. Þá forðfarenan obeuntem, 63, 6. Bysne niman æt forðfarenum mannum, Hml. Th. ii.

ge-faran

(v.)
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Add: intrans. of motion, to travel, journey Þegen þe mid his ǽrende gefóre tó cinge, Ll. Th. i. 192, 2. Hé walde gefara ( exire ) in Galiléam, Jn. L. 1, 43. Se feónd þe on þá frécnan fyrd gefaren hæfde, Gen. 689. Húshleów dǽle man gefarenum, Wlfst. 74

mis-faran

Grammar
mis-faran, <b>; I.</b>
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Nú secgað sume menn ꝥ him sceole gelimpan swá swá him gesceapen wæs and geset æt fruman, and ne magon forbúgan ꝥ hí misfaran ne sceolan. Nú secge wé gif hit swá beón sceal, ꝥ hit is unnyt bebod . . . 'Declina a malo et fac bonum,' Hml. S. 17, 224. Add

þurh-faran

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þurh-faran, <b>. IV.</b> add — For þám þe hí núgýta fullfremedlíce ne þurhfarað his dígolnyssa
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quia enim secreta ejus adhuc perfecte non penetrant, Gr. D. 138, 29

fandian

(v.)
Grammar
fandian, fandigan; to fandienne; p. ede , ode ; pp. ed , od ; v. trans. gen. dat. acc.

To try, tempt, prove, examine, explore, seek, search outtentāre, prŏbāre, exāmĭnāre, expĕrīri, inquīrĕre, vestīgāre

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Ic bohte án getýme oxena, nú wille ic faran and fandian hyra jŭga boum ēmi quinque, et eo prŏbāre illa, Lk. Bos. 14, 19. Ic wille fandigan nú hwæt ða men dón I will now seek to know what those men do, Cd. 109; Th. 145, 24; Gen. 2410.

Linked entries: fandere ge-fandod

fird

(n.)
Grammar
fird, faerd, ferd, fierd, fyrd(e).

an expeditioncampaignan armya camp

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&para; an instance of a person receiving and responding to a summons to the fird is given in the following: Gelamp emb þá tíd þæt man beónn ealle Cantware tó wígge tó Holme, pá nolde Sigelm tó wígge faran mid nánes mannes scette unágefnum. . .

FARU

(n.)
Grammar
FARU, e; f.

a going, journey, passage ĭter, profectio, ĭtio, transĭtus family, what is movablefămĭlia, cŏmĭtātus expedition, march expĕdītio, agmen migrantium

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a going, journey, passage; ĭter, profectio, ĭtio, transĭtus Hit ys Godesfaru est transĭtus Dŏmĭni [passover], Ex. 12, 11. family, what is movable; fămĭlia, cŏmĭtātus God ðá gemunde Noes fare God then remembered Noah's family, Gen. 8, 1. Mid ealre fare