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for-weorþan

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for-weorþan, -wurþan; ic -weorþe, ðú -weorþest, -wyrst, he -weorþeþ, -wyrþ, pl. -weorþaþ, -wyrþaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; pp. -worden
Wright's OE grammar
§649;
To become nothing, to be undone, to perish, die; ad nihilum devĕnīre, pĕrīre, interlre, deficére
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  • Swá sceal ǽlce sáwl forweorþan æfter ðam unrihthǽmede, búton se mon hweorfe to góde

    so shall every soul perish after unlawful lust, unless the man turn to good,

    • Bt. 31, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 112, 27: 34, 9
    • ;
    • Fox 148, 12.
  • Sceolon hig ealle samod forweorþan

    pĕrībunt sĭmul?

    • Gen. 18, 24: Ps. Th. 118, 176.
  • Ðú forwyrst

    pĕrībis,

    • Ex. 9, 15.
  • Óþ-ðæt ðiós eorþe eall forweorþeþ

    until this earth shall all perish,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 11, 170
    • ;
    • Met. 11, 85.
  • Síþfæt árleásra forwyrþ oððe losaþ

    ĭter impiōrum pĕrībit.

    • Ps. Lamb. 1, 6.
  • Hi forweorþaþ

    pĕrībunt,

    • Ps. Spl. 79, 17: Ps. Th. 63, 5: 67, 2: 72, 22.
  • Hig forwyrþab oððe losiaþ

    ipsi pĕrībunt,

    • Ps. Lamb. 101, 27.
  • Seó mænegeo forwearþ

    the multitude perished,

    • Cd. 121
    • ;
    • Th. 156, 14
    • ;
    • Gen. 2588: 213
    • ;
    • Th. 266, 13
    • ;
    • Sat. 21: Chr. 655
    • ;
    • Erl. 28, 1.
  • Ealle nýtenu neáh forwurdon

    nearly all the cattle died,

    • Ors. 1, 7
    • ;
    • Bos. 30, 31: Chr. 593
    • ;
    • Erl. 18, 33.
  • Ðý-læs ðú forweorþe

    lest thou perish,

    • Cd. 116
    • ;
    • Th. 151, 3
    • ;
    • Gen. 2503.
  • forweorþan

    ad nihĭlum devĕnient,

    • Ps. Th. 57, 6.
  • Ða wénunga ic forwurde on eáþmódnesse mínre

    tunc forte pĕrissem in hŭmĭlĭtāte mea,

    • Ps. Lamb. 118, 92.
  • Ðæt hí forwordene weorþen syððan, on worulda woruld and to wídan feore

    ut intĕreant in sēcŭlum sēcŭli,

    • Ps. Th. 91, 6.
Similar entries
v. for-wurþan, wurþan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-forwearþan for-wurþan.
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