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FORHT

  • adjective
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Grammar
FORHT, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§426;
fearful, timid, affrighted; tĭmĭdus, păvĭdus, terrĭtus, trĕpĭdus
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  • Ne beó ðú on sefan tó forht

    be not thou too fearful in mind,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 196
      • ;
    • An. 98: Beo. Th. 1512
      • ;
    • B. 754.

  • Næs he forht

    he was not afraid,

    • 5927
      • ;
    • B. 2967: Andr. Kmbl. 2172
      • ;
    • An. 1087: Rood Kmbl. 41
      • ;
    • Kr. 21.

  • Heó com forht

    trĕmens vēnit,

    • Lk. Bos. 8, 47.

  • To hwí synt gé forhte

    quid tĭmĭdi estis?

    • Mt. Bos. 8, 26: Mk. Bos. 4, 40.

  • We beóþ forhte on ferþþe

    we are fearful in soul,

    • Exon. 70 b
      • ;
    • Th. 262, 5
      • ;
    • Jul. 328: Ps. Th. 64, 8: Bd. 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 640, 33.

  • He sent on eów forhte heortan

    dăbit tĭbi cor păvĭdum,

    • Deut. 28, 65.

  • Nó ðý forhtra wæs Gúþláces gǽst

    the soul of Guthlac was not the more fearful,

    • Exon. 35 b
      • ;
    • Th. 114, 14
      • ;
    • Gú. 172.
terrible, dreadful, formidable; terrĭbilis, formīdŏlōsus
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  • Ne wile forht wesan bróðor oðrum

    a brother will not be formidable to another,

    • Exon. 112 b
      • ;
    • Th. 430, 20
      • ;
    • Rä. 44, 11.

  • On ða forhtan tíd

    in that dreadful time,

    • Hy. 10, 56
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 294, 56.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. foraht, forht, furht
:
O. H. Ger. forht tĭmĭdus, tĭmens
:
Goth. faurhts.
]
Derived forms
an-forht, ge-, un-
Linked entries
v.  ge-forht froht fyrht.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FORHT.” 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/11542.

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