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to seize, get hold of
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  • Forcuóm, bigaet

    obtenuit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 19
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  • Forcuóm (-cómun, R.) hiá ondo and fyrhto

    inuaserat eas tremor et pauor,

    • Mk. L. 16, 8
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  • Forcummen sint

    appraehensi sunt,

    • Mt. p. 13, 8
      • .
to overcome, conquer
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  • Hine forcumað (printed -cinnað) þá cirican getuinnas,

    • Sal. 107
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  • Ic forcuóm ðone middangeard

    ego uici mundum,

    • Jn. L. 16, 33
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    • p. 7, 17
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  • Forcuóm

    conuincit,

    • Lk. p. 5, 4
      • :
    • p. 10, 8:

    devicit,

    • Rtl. 64, 16
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  • Gif strongra forcyme hine

    si fortior uicerit eum,

    • Lk. R. 11. 22
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  • Ꝥte forcuóme

    ut vinceret,

    • Rtl. 81, 8
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  • Forcummen sié

    vincitur,

    • 125, 29
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  • Forcuman,

    • Sal. 206
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  • Mið forcummenum deáðe

    devicta morte,

    • Rtl. 29, 34
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  • Forcummen

    deuicto,

    • Lk. p. 7, 6
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  • Mið ðý ðóhte gelegeno ł forcumeno (-cumne, R.) woeron

    dum mente consternatae essent,

    • Lk. L. 24, 4
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to consume, destroy, Cf. Goth. fra-kwiman
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  • Ne mæg hit

    (fire)

    náne þára gesceafta eallunga [f]orcuman (cf. hit waldan ne mót ꝥ hit ǽnige eallunga fordó,

    • Met. 20, 130), Bt. 33, 4
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    • F. 130, 18.

  • Ðǽm forcummenum (-cumnum, R.) monnum fore egisa

    arescentibus hominibus prae timorem,

    • Lk. L. 21, 26
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to reject
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  • Forcuóm (-cóm, R.) ł fordráf

    exprobrauit,

    • Mk. L. 16, 14
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  • Stán forcuómon

    lapidem reprobauerunt,

    • 12, 10
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    • Lk. L. 20, 17,

  • Forcuma from ældum

    reprobari a senioribus,

    • Mk. L. R. 8, 31
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  • Forcumman from aldum,

    • Lk. L. 9, 22
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  • Ꝥte hé sé forcumen,

    • Lk. L. R. 17, 25
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-cuman.” 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/45446.

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