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for-specan

  • verb [ strong ]
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for-specan, p. -spæc, pl. -spǽcon; pp. -specen [for-, specan, sprecan to speak]
To speak in vain, speak negatively, deny; frustra dīcĕre, nĕgāre
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  • Hæbbe he ðæt eall forspecen

    let him have spoken that all in vain,

    • L. C. S. 27
    • ;
    • Th. i. 392, 6.
  • Ne sý forspecen ne forswígod

    let it not be denied nor concealed,

    • L. Ath. v. § 8, 9
    • ;
    • Th. i. 238, 15.
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