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for-þringan

  • verb [ strong ]
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for-þringan, p. -þrang, pl. -þrungon; pp. -þrungen [þringan to crowd, throng, rush upon]
To snatch from any one, protect from any one; erĭpĕre ălĭcui, defendĕre ab ălĭquo
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  • Ðæt he ne meahte ða weáláfe wíge forþringan þeódnes þegne

    that he might not by war protect the sad remnant from the king's thane,

    • Beo. Th. 2173
    • ;
    • B. 1084.
Etymology
[
Orm. forr-þrungenn oppressed
:
Ger. verdrängen to push away.
]
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