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for-cúþ

  • adjective
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Grammar
for-cúþ, comp. m. -cúþera, -cúþra; sup. m. -cúþesta, -cuþosta; adj. [cúþ known, excellent]
Perverse, bad, infamous, wicked; perversus, mălus, nēquam
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  • Mánfull oððe forcúþ

    nēquam,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 78
      • ;
    • Som. 14, 30.

  • Se yfela, swá he oftor on ðære fandunge abrýþ, swá he forcúþra biþ

    the oftener the evil man sinks under temptation, the more wicked he will be,

    • Homl. Th. i. 268, 30.

  • Wearþ he and ealle his geferan forcúþran andwyrsan ðonne ǽnig óðer gesceaft

    he and all his companions became more wicked and worse than any other creature,

    • i. 10, 35.

  • Hí habbaþ ðæs mennisces ðone betstan dǽl forloren, and ðone forncúþestan [forcúþeran MS. Bod.] gehealden

    they have lost the best part of humanity, and kept the worst [worse ],

    • Bt. 37, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 192, 4.

  • Oft ða eallra forcúþestan men cumaþ to ðam ánwealde and to ðam weorþscipe

    the most wicked men of all often come to power and dignity,

    • 16, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 54, 21.

  • Hwæðer he wolde ðám forcúþestum mannum folgian

    would it follow the most wicked men?

    • 16, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 54, 10, 27.

  • Ða Sodomitiscan menn wǽron ða forcúþostan

    hŏmĭnes Sŏdŏmītæ pessĭmi ĕrant,

    • Gen. 13, 13.
Etymology
[
Goth. frakunþs despised.
]
Derived forms
unforcúþ
Linked entries
v.  fercúþ for-cúþlic.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-cúþ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/11253.

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