collenferhþ

• collenferð

From *collen (“swollen”) +‎ ferhþ (“spirit”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkol.lenˌferxθ/, [ˈkoɫ.ɫenˌferˠxθ]

collenferhþ

1. (poetic) fierce-minded, bold of spirit, bold
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Beorn sċeal ġebīdan, · þonne hē bēot spriceð,
     oþþæt collenferð · cunne ġearwe
     hwider hreþra ġehyġd · hweorfan wille.

     Man must pause when he tells a promise
     until bold spirit would know clearly
     where thought of hearts would turn.

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “collenferhþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.