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for-trúwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-trúwian, -trúwigan; p. ode, nde; pp. od, ud
To be over-confident, rash, to presume; præsúmĕre, præcĭpĭtāre
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  • Ðú ðé fortrúwodest [MS. fortrúwudest] for ðínre rihtwísnesse

    thou wast over-confident on account of thy virtue,

    • Bt. 7, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 22, 13.
  • Ðý-læs he hine for ðære wynsuman wyrde fortrúwige

    lest he through the pleasant fortune should be presumptuous,

    • 40, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 238, 17.
  • Ða fortrúwodan

    the presumptuous,

    • Past. 32, 1
    • ;
    • Hat. MS. 39 b, 25, 26.
  • Ða fortrúwudan,

    • 32, 1
    • ;
    • Hat. MS. 40 a. 2, 12.
  • Ðǽm fortrúwodum monnum

    to presumptuous men,

    • 49, 5
    • ;
    • Hat. MS.
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