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FARAN

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1 FARAN

pl. faraþ; p. fór, pl. fóron; pp. faren, A word expressing every kind of going from one place to another, hence I. to go, proceed, travel, march, sail; īre, vādĕre, incēdĕre, transīre, migrāre, nāvīgāre :-- Faran ofer feldas to go over fields, Exon. 108 b; Th. 415, 8; Rä, 33, 8. Nú wylle ic faran now I will go, Lk. Bos. 14, 19, 31. We fóron transīvĭmus, Ps. Spl. 65, 11. Ic fór fram ðé I went from thee, Gen. 31, 31. Constantius, se míldesta man, fór on Bryttanie, and ðǽr gefór Constantius, the mildest man, went into Britain, and there died, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 39. Fór fámig scip the foaming ship sailed, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 19; Gen. 1417. II. to FARE, happen, to be in any state; versāri in ălĭqua re, se hăbēre ălĭquo mŏdo, Cd. 26; Th. 34, 2; Gen. 531. Ic fare bútan bearnum I have no children [lit. I go without children], Gen. 15, 2. Hú mæg se man wel faran how can the man fare well? Ælfc. T. 40, 3. [Piers P. faren, fare: Wyc. Chauc. fare: Laym. fære, færen, faren, uaren: Orm. farenn: Plat. faren: O. Sax. faran: Frs. ferren: O. Frs. fara: Dut. váren: Ger. fahren, faren: M. H. Ger. varn: O. H. Ger. faran: Goth. faran: Dan. fare: Swed. fara: Icel. fara: Sansk. pri to bring over.] DER. a-faran, be-, for-, forþ-, ge-, geond-, in-, of-, ofer-, on-, -óþ-, þurh-, to-, -út-, wið-, ymbe-. faran
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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
Goth.
Gothic
Icel.
Icelandic
O. Frs.
Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.
Old High German
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Orm.
Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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