v. Obs. Forms: Inf. 1 afar-an. Pa. t. 1 afór. Pa. pple. 1 afaren, 2–4 afare. [f. A- pref. 1 away + far-an to go. After the OE. period found only in pa. pple., varying in Layamon with ifaren, ifare, so that the a- may be A particle = i-, OE. ʓe-.] To depart; pa. pple., departed, gone.
a. 1000. Cædm. (Thorpe 217). Hie of Egyptum út afóron.
c. 1305. St. Kath., in E. E. P. (1862), 94. Þemperour fram home was afare.
1250. Layamon, 13533. Nau Vortiger his a-fare [earlier text Nu Vortiger is iuaren].
