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for-gýman

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-gýman, -gíman; p. de; pp. ed [for, gýman to take care]
To neglect, pass by, transgress; neglĭgĕre, prætĕrīre, transgrĕdi
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  • He ða forþgesceaft forgyteþ and forgýmeþ

    he forgets and neglects the future state,

    • Beo. Th. 3506
    • ;
    • B. 1751.
  • Hwí forgýmáþ ðíne leorningcnihtas úre yldrena lage

    quāre discĭpūli tui transgrĕdiuntur tradĭtiōnem sĕniōrum?

    • Mt. Bos. 15, 2.
  • Hwí forgýme gé Godes bebod for eówre lage

    quāre vos transgrĕdĭmĭni mandātum Dei propter tradĭtiōnem vestram?

    • 15, 3.
  • Se ðe Drihtnes word forgímde, he forlét his men and nýtenu úte

    qui neglexit sermōnem Dŏmĭni, dimīsit servos suos et jūmenta in agris,

    • Ex. 9, 21.
  • Ic nǽfre ðín bebod ne forgýmde

    nunquam mandātum tuum prætĕrīvi,

    • Lk. Bos. 15, 29.
  • Hie þegnscipe Godes forgýmdon

    they neglected the service of God,

    • Cd. 18
    • ;
    • Th. 21, 20
    • ;
    • Gen. 327.
  • Forgýmdon hig ðæt

    illi neglexērunt,

    • Mt. Bos. 22, 5.
  • Ne forgým ðú ðínes Drihtnes steóre

    be not heedless of thy Lord's correction,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 328, 21.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. fargúmón to neglect.
]
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v.  for-gíman.
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