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Old English Dictionary Entry

Geond-faran

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1 geond-faran

part. -farende; p. -fór, pl. -fóron; pp. -faren [geond through, faran to go] To go through, pervade; perambŭlāre, pervăgāri :-- He langre tíde ealle heora mǽgþe mid gewéde wæs geonfarende multo tempŏre totas eorum provincias debacchando pervăgātus, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 27. Fram mangunge geondfarendre on þýstrum a negŏtio perambŭlante in tenebris, Ps. Lamb. 90, 6. Wæter wynsumu bearo ealne geondfaraþ pleasant waters pervade all the grove, Exon. 56 b; Th. 202, 10; Ph. 67. geond-faran
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛇᚾᛞ-ᚠᚪᚱᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

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