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for-syngian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Substitute: To make sinful; reflex, to sin
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  • Gif hé hine sylfne wið God forsyngað, Wlfst, 280, 8. ¶ forsyngod

    burdened with sin, sinful

    :-- Swá se man sý swýðor forsingod, swá he geornor Godes hús séce,
      Wlfst. 155, 8.
  • Wearð þes þeódscype swýðe forsyngod þurh mænigfealde synna,

      163, 19.
  • Forsyngodes mannes nýdhelp,

      Ll. Th. ii. 278, 2.
  • On forsyngodre þeóde,

      Wlfst. 45, 13: 166, 8.
  • Ðurh mistlice forligern forsyngode swýðe,

      165, 32.
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v.  for-singian.
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