Old English · verb
gefaran
Normalised ġefaran
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- strong class VI
- IPA
- /jeˈfɑ.rɑn/
- Syllables
- je · ˈfɑ · rɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- faringarriveproceed
Meaning
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to reach by going, get to, fare to, arrive, proceed, march
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to experience, carry out, accomplish (by faring), succeed
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to save by going
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to die, depart
An. DCCXXXI Hēr wæs Ōsrīc ofsleġen, Norðanhymbra cyning, ⁊ feng Ċēolwulf to þām rīċe ⁊ heold VIII ġēr. ⁊ sē Ċēolwulf wæs Cūþing, Cūþa Cūðwining, Cūðwine Lēodwalding, Lēodwald Eċġwalding, Eċġwald Ealdhelming, Ealdhelm Ocing, Ocea Iding, Ida Eopping. ⁊ Brihtwald arċebisċeop ġefōr ⁊ and þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Tatwine ġehālgod tō arċebisċeope. Year 731 In this year Osric, king of
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Conjugation
All forms (16)
Etymology
From ġe- + faran. Cognate with Old Saxon gifaran, Old High German gifaran.
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