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for-dyttan

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-dyttan, part. -dyttende; p. -dytte; pp. -dytted, -dytt, -dyt
To close or shut entirely up, stop up; oppīlāre, claudĕre, obstruĕre
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  • Swá swá næddran deáfre, and fordyttendre hire eáran

    sīcut aspĭdis surdæ, et obtūrantis aures suas,

    • Ps. Lamb. 57, 5.
  • Ǽlc unrihtwísnes fordyt múþ hire

    omnis inīquĭtas oppīlābit os suum,

    • 106, 42.
  • Is fordyt múþ sprecendra unrihte þing,

    obstructum est os lŏquentium inīqua,

    • 62, 12.
  • Ða wilspringas ðære miclan niwelnisse wurdon fordytte

    clausi sunt fontes abyssi, Gen.

    • 8, 2.
Etymology
[
Laym. for-dut, pres. sing, indic.
]
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v.  for-dettan.
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