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for-scrincan

  • verb [ strong ]
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for-scrincan, he -scrincþ; p. -scranc, pl. -scruncon; pp. -scruncen [for-, scrincan to shrink]
To shrink up, dry up, dwindle away, wither; emarcescĕre, exarescĕre, arefiĕri, arescĕre
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  • He forscrincþ

    arescit,

    • Mk. Bos. 9, 18.

  • Æt-hrán he his sine on his þeó and heó ðǽrrihte forscranc

    tĕtĭgit nervum fĕmŏris ejus, et stătim emarcuit.

    • Gen. 32, 25.

  • Sǽd forscranc

    sēmen exāruit,

    • Mk. Bos. 4, 6: Lk. Bos. 8, 6.

  • Sóna forscranc ðæt fíctreów

    arefacta est contĭnuo fīculnea.

    • Mt. Bos. 21, 19.

  • Hig forscruncon

    āruērunt,

    • Mt. Bos. 13, 6.

  • Mín hýd is forscruncen

    my skin is shrunk up,

    • Job Thw. 167, 37.

  • Hí gesáwon ðæt fíctreów forscruncen of ðám wyrtruman

    vīdērunt fīcum arĭdam factam a radīcĭbus,

    • Mk. Bos. 11, 20.

  • On ðam porticon læg mycel menigeo forscruncenra

    in his portĭcĭbus jăcēbat multĭtūdo magna arĭdōrum,

    • Jn. Bos. 5, 3.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-scrincan.” 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/11669.

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