Old English · verb
infaran
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- strong class VI
- IPA
- /inˈfɑ.rɑn/
- Syllables
- in · ˈfɑ · rɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- enter
Meaning
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to go in, enter
...þā læġ þǣr sum creopere lama fram cildhāde sē wæs dæġhwāmlīce ġeboren tō þām beorhtan ġete þæt hē ælmessan underfencge æt þām infarendum...
Then lay there a cripple, lame from childhood, who was daily carried to the 'Beautiful' Gate, that he might receive alms from those entering.
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
Conjugation
All forms (16)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *infaran, equivalent to in- + faran. Compare Old High German infaran.
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