for-niman
- verb [ strong ]
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Ðú hí eáðe miht forniman
thou mayest easily consume them,
- Ps. Th. 72, 16: 118, 36.
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Eów in beorge bǽl fornimeþ
fire shall consume you upon the hill,
- Elen. Kmbl. 1153 ;
- El. 578.
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Se ðe fornimþ þearfan on dýgelnysse
qui devŏrat paupĕrem in abscondĭto,
- Cant. Abac. Lamb. fol. 190 b, 14.
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Hig fornymaþ hyra ansýna
extermĭnant făcies suas,
- Mt. Bos. 6, 16.
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Hine wyrd fornam
fate took him away,
- Beo. Th. 2415 ;
- B. 1205: 2877 ;
- B. 1436: 4245; B. 2119.
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Líg eall fornam
the flame consumed all,
- Cd. 119 ;
- Th. 153, 34 ;
- Gen. 2548: Andr. Kmbl. 1988 ;
- An. 996: 3061 ;
- An. 1533.
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Swylt ealle fornom secga hlóþe
death destroyed all the band of men,
- Exon. 75 b ;
- Th. 283, 5 ;
- Jul. 675: 59 b ;
- Th. 216, 15 ;
- Ph. 268.
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Se Brytta þeóde fornom
qui gentem vastāvit Brittōnum,
- Bd. 1, 34 ;
- S. 499, 20.
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Him írenne ecga fornámon
iron edges had taken them away from him.
- Beo. Th. 5649 ;
- B. 2828.
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Fórneáh hí fornámon me on lande
paulo mĭnus consummāvērunt me in terra,
- Ps. Spl. C. 118, 87.
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Fornómon [MS. -noman]
have consumed,
- Exon. 78 a ;
- Th. 292, 14 ;
- Wand. 99.
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Wylt ðú we secgaþ ðæt fýr cume of heofone, and fornime hig
vis dīcĭmus ut ignis descendat de cælo, et consūmat illos?
- Lk. Bos. 9, 54.
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Ðæs mannes wlite wyrþeþ eall fornumen mid onsígendre ylde
the beauty of man becomes thoroughly destroyed by approaching old age,
- Basil admn. 8 ;
- Norm. 50, 20.
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Swá swá sceáp from wulfum and wildeórum beóþ fornumene, swá ða earman ceasterwaran toslitene and fornumene wǽron fram heora feóndum
sīcut agni a fĕris, ĭta misĕri cīves discerpuntur ab hostĭbus,
- Bd. 1, 12 ;
- S. 481, 26, 27: Homl. Th. ii. 416, 12.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-niman.” 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/11625.
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