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  • Gif hwæs weorc forbyrnð, hé hæfð þone hearm

    si cujus opus arserit, detrimentum patietur.

    • Hml. Th. ii. 588, 30.
  • Lígýðum forborn bord,

    • B. 2672.
  • Forborn þurh þæs fíres fnǽst fíf and hundseofontig herges,

    • Jul. 587.
  • Ealle ðá clifu forburnan tó ascan,

    • Ors. 5, 4
    • ;
    • S. 226, 5
    • .
  • His weorc sceal on ðám fýre forbyrnan.

    • Hml. Th. ii. 590, ii.
  • Þá þá seó ceaster swýþlíce barn . . . heom þúhte ꝥ eall seó burh forbyrnan sceolde

    cum civitas vehementer arderet . . . ut flamma totius urbis interitum minari videretur,

    • Gr. D. 47, 27
    • :
    • Bl. H. 221, 9
    • .
  • Þ hús wearð forburnon buton þám ánum poste,

    • Hml. S. 26, 232.
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Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. forburn.
O. H. Ger. fer-brinnan uri. ardere.
]
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v. un-forburnen.
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