Faroþ

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faroþ

Substitute: faroþ, es; m. I. water in motion [? cf. faran ; I. 3 ; and for connexion of a noun denoting water with a verb denoting motion, wave, and wegan to move], surging sea, ocean, waves :-- Brádne hwyrft oð þæt brim faroþæs (cf. the phrase sæ-acute;s brim. The MS. has oð ꝥ brim faroþæs : in Az. 38 the reading is oð brimflódas) the spacious vault of heaven down to the waters of ocean (i. e. to the horizon), the entire expanse of the sky, Dan. 322. Mec sǽ oðbær æfter faroðe the sea bore me along on its waves, B. 580. Wæs æt holme gearo, fús æt faroðe, 1916. Bát on sǽwe, fleót on faroðe, Hy. 4, 100. Hí hyne ætbǽron tó brimes faroðe they bore him to the water, B. 28. Gewát him ofer sandhleoðu tó sæ-acute;s faruðe, An. 236. Brimþisan æt sæ-acute;s faroðe sécan, 1660. II. the land bordering the sea, shore :-- Hé on greóte stód, fús on faroðe, An. 255. [Perhaps some passages given under I should be taken here.] v. compounds with faroþ-. faroþ

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