infaru

Old English

Etymology

From in- +‎ faru. Related to infare (“entrance, ingress”), infaran (“to go into, enter”), and inswogan (“invade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinˌfɑ.ru/

Noun

infaru f (nominative plural infara)

1. an invasion, incursion, inroad, march into a country

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	infaru	infara, infare
accusative	infare	infara, infare
genitive	infare	infara
dative	infare	infarum

Related terms

• hergung
• inswogan

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “infaru”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “In-faru”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.