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for-ildan

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Take here for-yldan, and add:
to put off action.
with a case,
acc.
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  • Se sláwa ágǽlð and forielt (-ielð, v. l.) ðæt weorc ðe him niédðearf wǽre tó wyrcanne

    piger necessaria agere negligit,

    • Past. 283, 25.

  • Ðætte mon ðurhteón mæge, ðæt hé ðæt ne forielde (-ilde, v. l.)

    ne, quae praebenda sunt citius, sero praebeantur,

    • 323, 24
      • :
    • 151, 1
      • .

  • Ꝥ hé ǽnig þára góda forylde þe hé þý dæge gedón mihte,

    • Bl. H. 213, 24
      • .
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  • Oft daedlata dóme foręldit, sigisítha gahuém,

    • Txts. 152, 1
      • .
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  • Ðý lǽs hí tó lange forelden ðæt hí hí ne anbinden

    lest they too long delay to unbind them,

    • Past. 413, 9.
to put off time
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  • Þe lǽs wé foryldon þás álýfdon tíd,

    • Bl. H. 95, 25
      • .

  • Ðæt hié ne forielden ðone tíman ðe hié teola on dón mægen,

    • Past. 281, 19
      • .
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v.  for-yldan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-ildan.” 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/45784.

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