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Old Norse “ferr,”’ “for,” ‘feri.’ And the 
Danish “ farer,” “fore,” “‘faret,” &c. If, how- 
ever, this verb is reduced in English to a single 
instance wherein it occurs in its primitive form, 
it still supplies our tongue with many derivative 
syllables and adjuncts, besides having furnished, 
originally, many qualifying and connecting parti- 
cles which are essential to the perspicuity of the 
language. Of derivatives and adjuncts, we may 
notice the following : “ way-faring,” going away, 
synonymous with the Norman French, “ journey- 
ing,” “ travelling ;” “ sea-faring,” going by sea, 
equivalent to the Norman French, “ taking a 
voyage.” ‘¢ Welfare,” gone well, successfully. 
Also, ‘ farewell,” go well—the parting wish of 
friendship, fare you well wherever you may be, 
and whatever may be the business for which 
you undertake your journey. The last two ex- 
amples serve to show the peculiar aptness of the 
Saxon tongue, for the composition of words. 
“‘ Farewell” is compounded of the same two sim- 
ple words as “welfare,” the position of the two 
being only changed. “ Farewell” expresses all 
which it is possible for language to do, when we 
part with those whom we love; and “ welfare” 
includes all we can wish to know when we meet 
them again, and make our affectionate enquiries 
