900–30. O. E. Chron. (Parker MS.), an. 894. Þa he þær to ʓefaren wæs, þa eodon hie to hiora scipum.
c. 1205. Lay., 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.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 400. Ho … wes aferd þat hire answare Ne wrþe nouht ariht ivare [v.r. ifare].
c. 1374. Chaucer, Troylus, III. 577. Whan þat he seyde so, That Troylus was out of town y-fare.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), VII. 385. He was piled and i-robbed, and fare [MS. γ yvare] wiþ as it were a þeef.
1432–50. trans. Higden, Harl. Contin. (Rolls), VII. 515. The cuntray was foule yfare with.
Yfarsyd [FARCE v.], stuffed.
c. 1430. Two Cookery-bks., 40. Pygge y-farsyd.
Yfast, yvast [FAST v.2], fasted.
971. Blickl. Hom., 205. Ðære nihte þe hie þæt fæsten ʓefast hæfdon.
c. 1275. yuast [see FAST v.2 3].
13[?]. K. Alis., 2419 (Laud MS.). As a wolf, Þat fele dawes had yfast.
c. 1380. Sir Ferumb., 2822. Gyoun þanne was teynt & paal so longe he hadde yuaste.
Yfastened, set fast, fixed, fastened.
c. 1000. Ags. Ps. (Th.), lvii[i]. 7. Swa weax melteð, ʓif hit byð wearmum neah fyre ʓefæstnad.
1340. Ayenb., 107. Zuo yuestned ine þe loue and adrayngt in þe zuetnesse of god.
c. 1430. Two Cookery-bks., 50. Þan take a dysshe y-fastenyd on þe pelys ende.
Yfebled, enfeebled.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), VI. 363. Englisshe men … were moche i-feble [MSS. β and γ yfebled].
