Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

for-sécan

  • verb [ weak ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
for-sécan, -sǽcan; p. -sóhte, pl. -sóhton; pp. -sóht
To afflict, punish; pœna affĭcĕre
Show examples
  • Ðeáh ðe gé hine sárum forsǽcen

    though ye sorely afflict it,

    • Exon. 38 a
    • ;
    • Th. 125, 2
    • ;
    • Gú. 348.
  • Sárum forsóht

    afflicted with sorrows,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1862
    • ;
    • El. 933.
Derived forms
sécan
Linked entries
v.  for-sǽcan.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • for-sécan, v.