for-fón
- verb [ strongcontracted ]
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Næbbe his ágne forfongen [hæbbe his ágen forfangen MS. H.]
let him not have forfeited his own [let him have forfeited his own, MS. H.],
- L. Alf. pol. 2 ;
- Th. i. 62, 6.
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Swá þeóf sorgleáse hæleþ semninga forféhþ slǽpe gebundne
as a thief suddenly surprises careless mortals bound in sleep,
- Exon. 20 b ;
- Th. 54, 25 ;
- Cri. 874.
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Ealle deáþrǽs forféng
the death-rush clutched them all.
- Andr. Kmbl. 1990 ;
- An. 997.
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Ǽr ðú ða miclan meaht mín forfénge
ere thou didst arrest my great power.
- Exon. 73 a ;
- Th. 273, 26 ;
- Jul. 522.
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Forfóh ðone frætgan, and fæste geheald
seize the proud one [the devil], and firmly hold [him ],
- Exon. 69 b ;
- Th. 259, 18 ;
- Jul. 284.
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For ðam gylpe gumena drihten forfangen wearþ, and on fleám gewát
for that boast the lord of men [Nebuchadnezzar] was seized [with madness], and in flight departed.
- Cd. 205 ;
- Th. 254, 19 ;
- Dan. 614.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-fón.” 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/11447.
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