Geond-féran

Old English Dictionary Entry

Geond-féran

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 geond-féran

p. -férde; pp. -féred [geond through, féran to go] To go through, traverse; pertransīre, peragrāre :-- Ne móstan ðé geondféran foldbúende earth's inhabitants may not traverse thee, Exon. 121 a; Th. 465, 8; Hö. l01. Gewunede he swýðost ða stówe geondféran, and in ðám túnum godcunde láre bodian, ða ðe in heágum mórum and in hréðum feor gesette wǽron solēbat autem ea maxĭme lŏca peragrāre, illis prædĭcāre in vicŭlis, qui in arduis aspĕrisque montĭbus procul posĭti, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 26. Ic geondférde fela fremdra londa I traversed many foreign lands, Exon. 85 b; Th. 321, 22; Wíd. 50: 84 b; Th. 318, 23; Wíd. 3. geond-feran

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ᚷᛇᚾᛞ-ᚠᛖᚱᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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