Old English Dictionary Entry

Feorrian

Related words: á- , æt- , ge-feorrian , firran. feorrian

Definitions

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1 feorrian

p. ode; pp. od To go far away, depart:--Fearras discedit, Lk. L. R. 9, 39. Hiá fearrageð l fléað recedunt, 8, 13. Feorriað hí and fleóð longe fugiunt, Nar. 35, 32: 36, 22. Ic feorude fleógende elongavi fugiens, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 7. Ic feorrode symle fleónde I fled always farther and farther away, Hml. S. 23 b, 510. Feorrade (fearrade, L.) from hire ðe engel discessit ab illa angelus, Lk. R. 1, 38. Ðió hriófol of fearrade from him lepra discessit ab illo, Lk. L. 5, 13. Feorradun (fearradon, L.) from him ðá englas, Lk. R. 2, 15. Ꝥte ne fearrade ne discederet, Lk. L. 4, 42. [O. H. Ger. ferrén.]

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛇᚱᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
L.: Latin

Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Hml.: Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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