† atfarev.
Obsolete.
To go away, escape (with dative = from).
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)]
atfareOE
atcomec1220
atstertc1220
atrouta1250
ascape1250
astart1250
atblenchc1275
scapec1275
aschapec1300
fleec1300
ofscapea1325
escapec1330
overfleea1382
to get awaya1400
slipa1400
starta1400
skiftc1440
eschewc1450
withstartec1460
rida1470
chape1489
to flee (one's) touch?1515
evadea1522
betwynde?1534
to make out1558
outscape1562
outslip1600
to come off1630
OE Exodus 64 Heht þa ymb twa niht tirfæste hæleð, siððan hie feondum oðfaren hæfdon, ymbwicigean werodes bearhtme mid ælfere Æthanes byrig.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13512 Þa Romanisce men þe þer at-faren mihten [c1300 Otho þat at-flowen were].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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