Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-fara

Part of speech: an; Related words: ge-féra. ge-fara

Definitions

1 definitions

1 ge-fara

m. A companion; sŏcius :-- Ic eom fyrdrinces gefara I am a soldier's companion, Exon. 127 a; Th. 489, 3; Rä 78, 2. Hí heora wǽpen hwyrfdon wið heora gefaran in sŏcios arma vertĕre incipiunt, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 5.

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚠᚪᚱᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Exon.: Exeter Book
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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