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for-rǽdan

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-rǽdan, p. -rǽdde; pp. -rǽded; or p. -reord, -réd; pp. -ræden,
Wright's OE grammar
§649;
v. a. to give counsel against, to condemn, plot against, deprive by treachery, wrong; condemnāre, insĭdias părāre
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  • We beódaþ ðæt man Cristene men for ealles tó lytlum to deáþe ne forrǽde

    we command that Christian men be not for altogether too little condemned to death,

    • L. C. S. 2: Th. i. 376, 19.

  • Eádweard man forrǽdde and syððan acwealde

    they plotted against Edward and afterwards murdered him,

    • Lupi Serm. i. 9
      • ;
    • Hick. Thes. ii. 102, 10.

  • Ðæt man his hláford of lífe forrǽde

    that a man deprive his lord of life,

    • Lupi Serm. i. 9
      • ;
    • Hick. Thes. ii. 102, 7.
    [Cf. Icel. ráða af dögum to kill.]

  • Gif man gehádodne man forrǽde æt feó oððe æt feore

    if any one wrong a man in holy orders as to money or as to life,

    • L. C. S. 40
      • ;
    • Th. i. 400, 5: L. E. G. 12
      • ;
    • Th. i. 174, 6.
Etymology
[
Ger. ver-rathen to betray.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-rǽdan.” 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/11635.

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