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for-gifan

  • verb [ strong ]
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for-gifan, -gyfan, -giefan; p. ic, he -geaf, ðú -geáfe, pl. -geáfon; pp. -gifen.
to give, grant, supply, permit, give up, leave off; dăre, dōnāre, præbēre, indulgēre, dēdĕre, relinquĕre
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  • Ðæt wíf ðæt ðú me forgeáfe

    mŭlier, quam dĕdisti mihi,

    • Gen. 3, 12.

  • Manegum blindum he gesihþe forgeaf

    cæcis multis dōnāvit vīsum,

    • Lk. Bos. 7, 21.

  • He forgeaf wíd-brádne wélan

    he gave wide-spread bliss,

    • Cd. 30
      • ;
    • Th. 40, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 642.

  • Siððan ðis gedón wæs, gesceóp God Adam, and him sáwle forgeaf

    after this was done, God created Adam, and gave him a soul,

    • Ælfc. T. 4, 25-5, 1.

  • Ðisum men ic forgife hors

    huic hŏmĭni do ĕquum,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 7
      • ;
    • Som. 6, 21.

  • Ne biþ ðæt forgifen ðætte alýfed biþ

    non indulgētur quod lĭcet,

    • Bd. 1. 27
      • ;
    • S. 496, 1.

  • He him his bearn forgeaf

    he gave up his child to him,

    • Cd. 141
      • ;
    • Th. 177, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 2924.

  • Hlyst ýst forgeaf

    the storm left of being heard [hearing ],

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3171
      • ;
    • An. 1588.
to FORGIVE, remit; remittĕre, dimittĕre, condōnāre
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  • Eádige beóþ ða, ðe him beóþ heora unrihtwísnesse forgifene

    beāti, quorum remissæ sunt inīquĭtātes,

    • Ps. Th. 31, 1.

  • Forgifaþ, gif gé hwæt agén ǽnigne habbaþ

    dimittĭte, si quid hăbētis adversus ālĭquem,

    • Mk. Bos. 11, 25.

  • Fæder, forgif him.

    Păter, dimitte illis,

    • Lk. Bos. 23, 34.

  • He forgifþ hit

    he will forgive it,

    • Cd. 30
      • ;
    • Th. 41, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 662.
Etymology
[
Dut. ver-geven
:
Ger. ver-geben to forgive, pardon.
]
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v.  for-giefan for-gyfan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-gifan.” 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/11473.

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