for-habban
- verb [ weak ]
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Ne meahte wæfre mód forhabban in hreðre
he might not retain his wavering courage in his heart,
- Beo. Th. 2306 ;
- B. 1151: 5211 ;
- B. 2609.
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He ðǽar sum fæc on forhæbbendum lífe lifede
ălĭquandiu contĭnentissĭmam gessit vītam,
- Bd. 5, 11 ;
- S. 626, 16.
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Ðæt mynster óþ gyt to dæge Englisce menn ðǽr on ælþeódignysse hí forhabbaþ
quod vĭdēlĭcet mŏnastērium usque hŏdie ab Anglis tĕnētur incŏlis,
- 4, 4 ;
- S. 571, 17.
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Forbeód oððe forhafa oððe bewere tungan ðíne fram yfle
prŏhĭbe linguam tuam a mălo,
- Ps. Lamb. 33, 14.
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Hit forhæfed gewearþ ðætte hie sǽdon swefn cyninge
it was denied them that they should say the dream to the king,
- Cd. 179 ;
- Th. 225, 1 ;
- Dan. 147.
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Hyra eágan wǽron forhæfde
ŏcŭli illōrum tĕnēbantur.
- Lk. Bos. 24, 16.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-habban.” 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/11514.
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