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▪ I. yfare var. i-fare v. Obs.
1593Jack Straw ii. C iv, So did they all yfare like franticke men. ▪ II. † yfare(n [y- 4, fare v.1: cf. i-fare v.] gone; travelled; dealt with.
900–30O.E. Chron. (Parker MS.) an. 894 Þa he þær to ᵹefaren wæs, þa eodon hie to hiora scipum. c1205Lay. 4690 Nes hit buten feower wiken þat þas kinge ifaren [c 1275 i-vare] weoren, cam Brennes riden. Ibid. 26425 Þa þis wes al iuare, þa wes Brennes kæisere. a1250Owl & Night. 400 Ho..wes aferd þat hire answare Ne wrþe nouht ariht ivare [v.r. ifare]. c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 577 Whan þat he seyde so, That Troylus was out of town y-fare. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 385 He was piled and i-robbed, and fare [MS. γ yvare] wiþ as it were a þeef. 1432–50tr. Higden, Harl. Contin. (Rolls) VII. 515 The cuntray was foule yfare with. |