Old English · noun
sæfor
Normalised sǣfōr
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈsæːˌfoːr/
- Syllables
- ˈsæː · ˌfoːr (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- seafarervoyagejourney
Meaning
-
journey by sea, voyage, seafarer
Forþon nis þæs mōdwlonc mon ofer eorþan, ne his ġifena þæs god, ne in ġeoguþe tō þæs hwæt, ne in his dǣdum tō þæs dēor, ne him his dryhten tō þæs hold, þæt hē ā his sǣfōre sorge næbbe, tō hwon hine dryhten ġedōn wille.
Thus, there is no mind-proud man over Earth, nor his gifts of god, nor too bold in youth, nor too daring in his deeds, nor his Lord too kind for him, who would never have his seafarer sorrow, for which the Lord would like to put on him.
10th century, The Seafarer:
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From sǣ (“sea”) + fōr (“going”).
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