Old English Dictionary Entry

Tó-féran

Related words: tó-faran , - gán. to-feran

Definitions

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1 tó-féran

p. de. I. to go in different directions, go off separately :-- Ǽr fires Drihtnes leorningcnihtas tóférdan, ealswá heom beboden wæs (cf. Mk. 16, 15), Wulfst. 21, 5: Homl. Th. i. 318, 3. II. to disperse (intrans.) :-- Ðá ðæt gafol gelǽst wæs, ðá tóférde se here wíde swá hé ǽr gegaderod wæs, Chr. 1012; Erl. 147, 27. Hí geswicon ðære getimbrunge and tóférdon geond ealne middangeard, Homl. Th. i. 22, 25 : 3'8, 21. Hí tóférdon tó fyrlenum lande on swá manegum gereordnm swá ðæra manna wæs, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 12. [Ða apostoli er þon þet heo toferden, O. E. Homl. i. 93, 8. O. H. Ger. ze-fuoren.]

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Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩ-ᚠᛖᚱᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)
Mk.: Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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