for-weaxan
- verb [ strong ]
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Ðý-læs hie to ðæm forweóxen ðæt hie forseáreden
lest they should grow so much that they should wither away,
- Past. 40, 3 ;
- Hat. MS. 54 b, 17.
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Wið ðon ðe man on wambe forweaxen sý
in case that a man be overgrown in the belly.
- Herb. 2, 4 ;
- Lchdm. i. 80, 22.
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Forwexen
overgrown,
- 40, 1 ;
- Lchdm. i. 140, 16: 53, i ;
- Lchdm. i. 156, 9: 69, 1 ;
- Lchdm. i. 172, 7.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-weaxan.” 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/11995.
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