Fǽr-deáþ
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fǽr-deáþ
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- fǽr-deáþ
- Substitute: Sudden death, apoplexy:--Fǽrdeáþ apoplexia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 63. Sǽde Cecilia þám brýdguman þ heó gesáwe engel of heofenum, and sé wolde hyne sleán myd fǽrdeáþe (he would strike him dead), gif hé hyre onhryne, Shrn. 149, 24. [Fǽrdeáð mors repentina, Angl. xi. 387, 396.] fær-deaþ