for-wiernan
- verb [ weak ]
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Ðæt ða Deniscan him ne mehton ðæs rípes forwiernan
that the Danish might not hinder them from the harvest
- Chr. 896 ;
- Erl. 94, 7.
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Ðæt mann forwierne his sweorde blódes, ðæt hwá forwirne his láre ðæt he mid ðære ne ofsleá ðæs flǽsces lustas
keeping one's sword from blood is withholding one's instruction, and not slaying with it the lusts of the flesh,
- Past. 49 ;
- Hat. MS.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-wiernan.” 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/12015.
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