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for-weorþan

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for-weorþan, -wurþan; ic -weorþe, ðú -weorþest, -wyrst, he -weorþeþ, -wyrþ, pl. -weorþaþ, -wyrþaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; pp. -worden
Wright's OE grammar
§649;
To become nothing, to be undone, to perish, die; ad nihilum devĕnīre, pĕrīre, interlre, deficére
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  • Swá sceal ǽlce sáwl forweorþan æfter ðam unrihthǽmede, búton se mon hweorfe to góde

    so shall every soul perish after unlawful lust, unless the man turn to good,

    • Bt. 31, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 112, 27: 34, 9
      • ;
    • Fox 148, 12.

  • Sceolon hig ealle samod forweorþan

    pĕrībunt sĭmul?

    • Gen. 18, 24: Ps. Th. 118, 176.

  • Ðú forwyrst

    pĕrībis,

    • Ex. 9, 15.

  • Óþ-ðæt ðiós eorþe eall forweorþeþ

    until this earth shall all perish,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 11, 170
      • ;
    • Met. 11, 85.

  • Síþfæt árleásra forwyrþ oððe losaþ

    ĭter impiōrum pĕrībit.

    • Ps. Lamb. 1, 6.

  • Hi forweorþaþ

    pĕrībunt,

    • Ps. Spl. 79, 17: Ps. Th. 63, 5: 67, 2: 72, 22.

  • Hig forwyrþab oððe losiaþ

    ipsi pĕrībunt,

    • Ps. Lamb. 101, 27.

  • Seó mænegeo forwearþ

    the multitude perished,

    • Cd. 121
      • ;
    • Th. 156, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 2588: 213
      • ;
    • Th. 266, 13
      • ;
    • Sat. 21: Chr. 655
      • ;
    • Erl. 28, 1.

  • Ealle nýtenu neáh forwurdon

    nearly all the cattle died,

    • Ors. 1, 7
      • ;
    • Bos. 30, 31: Chr. 593
      • ;
    • Erl. 18, 33.

  • Ðý-læs ðú forweorþe

    lest thou perish,

    • Cd. 116
      • ;
    • Th. 151, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 2503.

  • Hí forweorþan

    ad nihĭlum devĕnient,

    • Ps. Th. 57, 6.

  • Ða wénunga ic forwurde on eáþmódnesse mínre

    tunc forte pĕrissem in hŭmĭlĭtāte mea,

    • Ps. Lamb. 118, 92.

  • Ðæt hí forwordene weorþen syððan, on worulda woruld and to wídan feore

    ut intĕreant in sēcŭlum sēcŭli,

    • Ps. Th. 91, 6.
Similar entries
v. for-wurþan, wurþan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-forwearþan for-wurþan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-weorþan.” 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/12004.

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