for-scrífan
- verb [ strong ]
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He ðæt scyldige werud forscrifen hefde
he had proscribed the guilty host,
- Cd. 213 i Th. 267, 5 ;
- Sat. 33.
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Grendel fífelcynnes eard weardode hwíle, siððan him Scyppend forscrifen hæfde
Grendel inhabited a while the monster-race's abode, after the Creator had proscribed him,
- Beo. Th. 213 ;
- B. 106.
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Awríteþ he on his wǽpne wællnota heáp, bealwe bócstafas bill forscrífeþ
he writes upon his weapon a heap of fatal marks, baleful letters he cuts into the bill,
- Salm. Kmbl. 323-326, note ;
- Sal. 161, 162.
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Forscrif hine
succīde illam,
- Lk. Skt. Hat. 13, 7, 9.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-scrífan.” 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/11667.
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