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for-seón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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for-seón, -sión; ic -seó, ðú -sihst, -sixst, he -sihþ, -syhþ, pl. -seóþ; p. -ic, he -seah, ðú -sáwe, -seáge, pl. -sáwon, -ségon; impert. -seoh; subj. he -seó; pp. -sewen
Wright's OE grammar
§649;
To overlook, despise, contemn, scorn, be ashamed of, neglect, reject, renounce; despĭcĕre, temnĕre, contemnĕre, spernĕre, erŭbescĕre, neglĭgĕre, posthăbēre, rejĭcĕre
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Etymology
[
Orm. forrseon to despise
:
Ger. ver-sehen to see wrong.
]
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v.  for-sión.
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