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fór-wyrcan

  • verb [ weak ]
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fór-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte; pp. -worht [fór before, wyrcan to work, do]
Wright's OE grammar
§649;
To work or place before, obstruct, barricade; oppōnére, obstruĕre
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  • Se cing geháwode hwǽr man mihte ða eá fórwyrcan [fór-wyrcean, col. 2]

    the king observed where the river might be obstructed,

    • Chr. 896
    • ;
    • Th. 173, 36, col. 1.
  • He hæfde ealle ða geatu fórworht into him

    he had barricaded all the entrances against him,

    • Chr. 901
    • ;
    • Erl. 96, 31.
  • Synt ðissa heldóra wegas fórworhte

    the ways of these hell-doors are obstructed,

    • Cd. 19
    • ;
    • Th. 24, 21
    • ;
    • Gen. 381.
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v.  un-forworht.
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