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for-scrífan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
for-scrífan, p. -scráf, pl. -scrifon; pp. -scrifen [scrífan to judge] ,
Wright's OE grammar
§649;
to condemn, proscribe; condemnāre, proscrībĕre
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  • He ðæt scyldige werud forscrifen hefde

    he had proscribed the guilty host,

    • Cd. 213 i Th. 267, 5
      • ;
    • Sat. 33.

  • Grendel fífelcynnes eard weardode hwíle, siððan him Scyppend forscrifen hæfde

    Grendel inhabited a while the monster-race's abode, after the Creator had proscribed him,

    • Beo. Th. 213
      • ;
    • B. 106.
to write or cut into, cut down; incīdĕre, succīdĕre
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  • Awríteþ he on his wǽpne wællnota heáp, bealwe bócstafas bill forscrífeþ

    he writes upon his weapon a heap of fatal marks, baleful letters he cuts into the bill,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 323-326, note
      • ;
    • Sal. 161, 162.

  • Forscrif hine

    succīde illam,

    • Lk. Skt. Hat. 13, 7, 9.
Etymology
[
Ger. ver-schreiben to prescribe.
]
Linked entries
v.  screón fer-scrifen.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-scrífan.” 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/11667.

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