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fær

  • noun [ feminine ]
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§345;
Dele 'fær ; gen. dat. acc. fære . . . f.?' and add:
of movement,
going, passing
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  • Faru ł færr

    transitus,

    • Ps. L. 143, 14
    • .
  • Hí bǽdon ꝥ hí móston faran þurh ðá burh, ac ðá burhware noldon þæs færes him getýðian,

    • Hml. S. 25, 445
    • .
  • Þá þá hé gehýrde þæs folces fær mid þám Hǽlende, ðá ácsode hé hwá þǽr férde. Hí cwǽdon him tó þæt þæt wǽre ðæs Hǽlendes fær,

    • Hml. Th. i. 152, 13-15
    • .
  • Hwæt is þæs Hǽlendes stede, oððe hwæt is his fær?,

    • 156, 33
    • .
  • Hé cépte þæs Hǽlendes fær

    he was on the look-out for the passing of Jesus,

    • 580, 28.
mode of going:
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  • Hí habbað blióh and fær bú ungelíce (cf. hí sint swíþe ungelíces híwes and ungelíce faraþ,

    • Bt. 41, 6
    • ;
    • F. 254, 25
    • ),
    • Met. 31, 4
    • .
a going away (of change of abode)
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  • Be unáléfedum fære from his hláforde. Gif hwá fare unáliéfed fram his hláforde,

    • Ll. Th. i. 126, 8.
  • Be gesíðcundes monnes fære. Gif gesíðcund man fare, þonne mót hé habban his geréfan mid him,

      144, 1.
fig. of change of state:
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  • Hwæt is gódra manna deáð búton . . . færr fram deáðe tó ðám écan lífe?,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 232, 27.
a journey, course, (on water) a voyage, (of an army) a march
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  • Syx daga fær ofor sǽ,

    • Lch. iii. 260, 3
    • .
  • Hwæt is ðeós ðe hér ástíhð. . . swá egeslic swá fyrdtruma? . . . Hire fær

    (her ascension)

    is wiðmeten fyrdlicum truman,

    • Hml. Th. i. 444, 5
    • .
  • Hé férde ofer langne wæg . . . Hit gelamp for his langsumum fære,

    • Hml. S. 29, 115
    • .
  • On fære mid þǽre scíre þe mid him fierdedon,

    • Chr. 894
    • ;
    • P. 86, 2
    • .
  • Geong ł fær

    iter,

    • Lk. L. 10, 33
    • .
  • Manega cépað be ðám mónan heora fær (cf. on xvi.-nihte mónan far ofer sǽ,

    • Lch. iii. 180, 3
    • ; see also
    • 176, 21
    • :
    • 178, 23, 27
    • ),
    • Hml. Th. i. 100, 24
    • .
  • Þurh his langsume fær (gewende hé tó Róme, 7),

    • 80, 27
    • :
    • Lch. iii. 434, 4
    • .
  • Hé (Gehazi) bedíglode his fær . . . Se wítega hine befrán: 'Hwanon cóme ðú?,'

    • Hml. Th. i. 400, 22
    • .
  • Ic ne cúðe hira fær

    nesciebam unde essent,

    • Jos. 2, 4
    • :
    • Hml. S. 3, 637
    • .
fig. of the coming of a season
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  • Embe feówer wucan se solmónað sígeð tó túne, swá hit getealdon geó Februarius fær fróde gesíðas,

    • Men. 18
    • :
    • 167
    • .
an expedition, enterprise
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  • Heó (Judith) bebeád þám folce ꝥ hí ná ne hogedon embe hire fær ac gebǽdon for hí,

    • Hml. A. 109, 233
    • .
a place where passage is possible or admissible, a passage, thoroughfare, road, entrance
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  • Hé him tǽhte þóne wæg ofer ánum brádum fenne þǽr nán fær ǽr næs,

    • Jud. Thw. 162, 18
    • .
  • Wæs þǽr án burh, and næs nánes mannes fær on náþre healfe þǽre byrig,

    • Hml. S. 25, 441
    • .
  • Ðú fær eft biluce

    aditum reserasti,

    • Rtl. 29, 34
    • .
  • Hí fordytton ǽlc fær upp tó þám muntum

    praeoccupaverunt omnes vertices montium,

    • Hml. A. 104, 70
    • .
a means of transport, carriage, vessel
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  • Æt hýðe stód hringedstefna, ísig and útfús, æðelinges fær,

    • B. 33
    • .
  • Fór fámig scip, . . . siððan fær séleste

    (the ark)

    flód úp áhóf,

    • Gen. 1419
    • .
of persons,
a body of persons who journey,
on land,
a troop
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  • Cómon him tógeánes þǽra cempena fær on cynelicum cræte,

    • Hml. S. 31, 968
    • .
  • Hé geseah þǽra sceaþena fær,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 14
    • .
  • Hí út férdon mid folclicum truman, oð ðæt ðá Syriscan gesáwon heora fær,

    • Hml. A. 113, 358
    • .
on sea,
a crew
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  • Hof séleste (the ark) fór mid fearme; fære ne móston wǽglíðendum wætres brógan hrínan, ac hié God ferede and nerede,

    • Gen. 1394
    • .
of action or condition,
fare (in welfare), proceedings, course of life, path in life
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  • Nú eom ic cnæpling, and nytende mínes færes

    ignorans egressum et introitum meum

      (
    • 1 Kings 3, 7
    • ),
    • Hml. Th. ii. 576, 15
    • .
  • Hé leornode on hálgum bócum be þæs Hǽlendes fære,

    • Hml. S. 3, 34
    • .
  • Ongan hé tó secgenne be ðæs Hǽlendes fære, hú hé worhte wundra fela, and siððan deáð þrowode,

    • 10, 155.
  • Críst wolde þæt manega wítegan sceoldon cýðan his fær,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 20, 31
    • ;
    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 4.
  • Tó ðý þæt ic wolde witan ymbe ðín fær, hú se Ælmihtiga embe ðé wolde

    ut, quid de te fieri deberet, agnoscerem

      (
    • Bd. 5, 12
    • ),
    • Hml. Th. ii. 354, 9
    • .
  • Man gesette on cranice his leóde fær,

    • Hml. A. 95, 124
    • .
Etymology
[
Icel. far travel; a ship; life, conduct.
]
Similar entries
v. fram-, síþ-, tó-, wǽg-, ymb-fær; faru.
Linked entries
v.  færbu.
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