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  • Fordytte

    obstruit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 24.
  • Fordyttat

    obtrudite,

    • Germ. 398, 95.
  • Fordyt

    oblitum, coopertum,

    • 397, 378.
in a literal, physical sense
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  • Þá geoniendan ceáfla þrotbollan fordytte

    hiulcos (i. apertos) faucium gurguliones oppilauit (i. obturauit ),

    • An. Ox. 3577
    • .
  • Bescufon hí þone man in þone ofn and fordytton þone ofn

    (clibanum clauserunt),

    • Gr. D. 219, 13
    • .
  • fordytton ǽlc fær upp tó þám muntum

    praeoccupaverunt omnes vertices montium,

    • Hml. A. 104, 70
    • .
  • Fordytte ꝥ eáre mid þǽre wulle,

    • Lch. ii. 42, 25
    • :
    • 44, 3
    • .
  • Hé hét fordyttan þæs scræfes múð mid weorcstánum,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 424, 26
    • .
  • Fordyttum scyttylsum

    obseratis uectibus,

    • Germ. 399, 349
    • .
figurative, where there is obstruction of the mind or senses
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  • Líchamlicere forspennincge fordyt

    carnalis (caligo) inlecebrae optundit (i. obfuscat ),

    • An. Ox. 1725.
  • fordett

    qui opturat (aurem suam),

    • Kent. Gl. 777
    • .
  • Heó simble heora eáran fordyttan and hit gehýran noldon,

    • Wlfst. 255, 7
    • .
  • Heora módes andgytu hí fordytton,

    • Hml. S. 23, 379
    • .
  • Forduttende

    (obturantes)

    eáran hire,

    • Ps. Srt. 57, 5
    • .
  • Fordytt

    obstructum,

    • Bl. Gl.
  • Mid swige fordyt

    silentio oppilatum (i. obturatum),

    • An. Ox. 2086
    • .
  • Fordytte þinc

    abstrusa,

    • 2335.
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[v.
N. E. D. fordit.
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