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for-hicgan

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-hicgan, -higan; p. ede, de; pp. ed
To neglect, reject, despise, condemn; despĭcĕre, spernĕre
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  • Se wæs middangeard forhicgende

    he was despising the world;

    cum esset contemptu mundi insignis,
    • Bd. 5, 9
      • ;
    • S. 623, 25.

  • Se ðeme forhigþ

    qui spernit me,

    • Jn. Bos. 12, 48.

  • We forhicgaþ on arísendum on us

    spernēmus insurgentes in nōbis,

    • Ps. Spl. 43, 7.

  • Driht ná forhigede and ne forseah béne þearfena

    Dŏmĭnus non sprēvit neque despexit deprecātiōnem paupĕris,

    • 21, 23.

  • Ná he forhigde béne heora

    non sprēvit prĕcem eōrum,

    • 101, 18.
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v. for-hycgan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-hicgan.” 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/11530.

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