Fercian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fercian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

fercian
p. ode; pp. od To bring, assist, help, support; ferre, adjŭvāre, subvĕnīre, sustentāre :-- Hí fercodon ða scypo eft to Lundenne they brought the ships again to London, Chr. 1009; Th. 260, 31, col. 2. On ðisum lífe we ateoriaþ gif we us mid bigleofan ne ferciaþ in this life we faint if we support not ourselves with food, Homl. Th. i. 488, 33. DER. gefercian. fercian
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