Middle English Dictionary Entry
fō̆rth-fāren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | fō̆rth-fāren v. Forms: p. forþ-fẹ̄̆rde, -fǣ̆rde; ppl. -fāre(n, -ivāre(n, -iværed. |
| Etymology | OE forþ-faran, -fōr & forþfēran, -fērde. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To pass away, to die; (b) forthfaren, dead, deceased; the deceased.
Associated quotations
a
- a1126 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1124 : On þes ilces geares forð ferde se eadig biscop Ernulf of Roueceastre.
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)40/229 : Þaþa hire were Joachim wæs forðfaren, þa genam Anna æfter Moyses æ oðerne were.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1140 : Þer efter fordfeorde Willelm ærcebiscop of Cantwarberi.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)116/22 : Forðferde & iburiȝed wæs.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)225 : Noe lefede..nigon hund ȝeare and fifti, and he þa forðferde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)11458 : Þenne þu beost forðfaren [Otho: forþfare], ne beon we næuere buten caren.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)7b : Alle þe sawlen þe beoþ forðfearen [Nero: forðfaren; Recl.:forþfaren] i þe bileaue of þe fowr goddspelles.
- a1350 Heȝe louerd (Hrl 2253)90 : Y falewe as flour y-let forþfare, ychabbe myn deþes wounde.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)5266 : Þemperour was forþfare faire to crist.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)218 : Atte last he moste dyen & forþfare.
b
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1101 : Buton se forð farena yrfe numan heafde be rihtre æwe.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)32/24 : Ða mon ferede toȝeanes hire ænne forðfarene mon.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)136/12 : Þæs ealdormonnes dohter þe læȝ inne forðfaren.
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)551/26 : Defunctus: forþfaren.
2.
(a) To travel, to journey; ppl. as noun: a traveler; (b) to go out, fare forth, issue out; (c) to advance (in age); of a period of time: to pass.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200(?c1175) PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)344 : Go we þane narewe pað..[þ]ar forð fareð [vrr. forþ farþ, uorð vareð] wel litel folc.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)210 : Þeos seoue bestes..i ðe wildernesse..alle þe uorðfarinde [Corp-C: forfearinde; OF transl.:les passanz] uondeð to uordonne.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)23280 : Arthur gan forþ fare.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2271 : This Tereus..into Grece hymself is forth yfare.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.98 : I forthferde To walke, as I yow telle may.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10092 : He com in at þe yatt sperd; And sua it was quen he forthferd, Als þe son dos thoru þe glas.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)10.1 : I sal forthfare [L transmigra]..Als a sparwe in to þe hil?
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)1020 : Þe tone of owre feloys hade doute And durst notte furthe fare.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10252 : Þa wes þe weorlde swa uorð iuaren [Otho: forþ ivare], seoððen ure drihte wes iboren, an hundred ȝere and sixti.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)11064 : Þeo þat child wes uorð iuæred & wes of twealf ȝere.
- c1400(?a1300) *KAlex.(LdMisc 622)6922 : Al was forȝeten sorouȝ & care; þat day hij leten forþfare.