for-helan
- verb [ strong ]
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Ðe hit forhelan þenceþ
who seeks to conceal it,
- Exon. 91 a ;
- Th. 340, 25 ;
- Gn. Ex. 116.
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Hú mæg ic forhelan Abrahame, ðe ic dón wille
num celāre potĕro Abraham, quæ factūrus sum?
- Gen. 18, 17.
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Forhele ic incrum Hérran hearmes swá fela
I will conceal from your Lord so much calumny,
- Cd. 27 ;
- Th. 36, 29 ;
- Gen. 579.
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Gif he hit forhilþ
if he hide it,
- Lev. 5, 1.
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Ne biþ ðǽr wiht forholen
there shall be naught concealed,
- Exon. 23 b ;
- Th. 65, 14 ;
- Cri. 1054.
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Ðæt he ðæs hálgan hǽse forhǽle his hláforde
that he should conceal the saint's command from his Lord,
- Glostr. Frag. 4, 20.
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Ðæt míne cræftas and ánweald ne wurden forgitene and forholene
that my talents and power should not be forgotten and concealed,
- Bt. 17 ;
- Fox 60, 9.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-helan.” 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/11527.
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