forfare

forfare
, v. a. == destroy. Marg. 4; part, ‘furfarne.’ Marg. 53; ‘forfaren.’ HD. 1380. The AS. ‘forfaran’ appears to be only used in the neuter sense == to perish, but ‘furfare’ is used actively in Laȝamon

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