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Old English Dictionary Entry

Earh-faru

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1 earh-faru

f. [earh an arrow; faru a going, journey, passage] A flight of arrows; sagittārum vŏlātus :-- Habbaþ scearp speru, atole earhfare they have sharp spears, a terrible flight of arrows, Salm. Kmbl. 259; Sal. 129. Mid earhfare with a flight of arrows, Andr. Kmbl. 2097; An. 1050. 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. earh-faru
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛠᚱᚻ-ᚠᚪᚱᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Sal.
Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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