For-ferian

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-ferian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 for-ferian

to bring to an untimely end:--Gif hwá óðrum his unmagan oðfæste, and hé hine on þǽre fæstinge forferie (if the person accepting the charge cause the death of the person committed to his charge. Cf. Si quis alterius puerum, qui ei commissus sit . . ., occidat, vel dormiens opprimat, 595, § 7), Ll. Th. i. 72, 5. Cf. for-faran. for-ferian

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᚠᛖᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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