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to bear pain, hardship, &c., endure, sustain.
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  • Forbær

    perferebat, i. sustinebat (calamiiatum insectationes),

    • Aa. Ox. 2979
      • .

  • Se Hǽlend micel forbær for ús,

    • Hml. A. 72, 177
      • .

  • Hwaeðer ðú þone écan bryne forberan mage,

    • 196, 47
      • .

  • Tó forberende

    laturus (caumala soils),

    • An. Ox. 18 b, 53
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  • Geol(s)ter forberende

    uirus ferentes,

    • An. Ox, 4856
      • .
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  • Ic ne mæhte þeáh forberan þæt ic æmbe ne specce,

    • Solil. H. 20, 5
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  • Heó ne mihte forbæran ꝥ heó hit leng forhǽle,

    • Hml. S. 30, 348
      • .
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  • Hǽte oþ ꝥ hit sié swá hát swá þín finger forberan mæge.

    • Lch. ii. 236, 28.

  • Lege tó þǽm setle swá ðú hátost forberan mæge,

    • iii. 30, 20.
to bear with, tolerate, not to stop
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  • Hí setton mé ín edwít þæt ic eáðe forbær rúme regulas,

    • Gú. 459
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  • Hwílum ðeáh hit mon cúðlíce wite hit is tó forberanne

    aliquando vitia aperte cognita mature toleranda sunt,

    • Past. 151, 10
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  • Míne witan secgað ꝥ ic hit tó lange forboren hæbbe,

    • Ll. Th. i. 220, 4.
to bear with patiently, without getting angry, put up with, not to resent, not to punish
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  • Forberet

    dissimulat (injuriam),

    • Kent. Gl. 411
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  • Gif hé geþyldelíce forbyrð; ǽgðer ge hosp ge edwítu

    si inlatas sibi injurias visus fuerit patientes portare,

    • R. Ben. 97, 6
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  • Hí wǽron geþyldige and ǽlcne hosp hí forbǽron for þæs Hǽlendes naman . . . wé nellað forberan án bysmorlic word,

    • Hml. S. 28, 131, 136
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  • Gif on gebeórscipe hié gecíden, and óðer hiora mid geþylde hit forbere,

    • Ll. Th. i. 106, 12.
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of person to whom forbearance is shewn:
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  • Ðæt hié nó lǽs ne geðencen hwæt óðre men him forberað and geðafiað, ðonne hié geðenc-eað hwaet hí óðrum monnum forberað

    ut non tam, quae ab altero tolerat, quam quae ab ipso tolerantur, attendat,

    • Past. 397, 5-6
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  • Him mon geðyldelícor forbær hiera irre,

    • 295, i.

  • Ðǽm monnum ðé wé for geðylde hwæt forberan sculon, ðæt wé hié sculon eác lufian

    quos ex patientia tolerat, amare etiam non cessat,

    • 222, 6
      • :
    • 394, 10.

  • Ðá wǽron ungesǽligran ðe him unrihtlíce hiora yfel forboren wǽre, þonne þá wǽren þe him hiora yfel ryhtlíce on gewrecen wǽre,

    • Bt. 38, 4
      • ;
    • F. 204, 18
      • .
to endure the absence or privation of something, to do without
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  • Mon scel ǽr geðencean, ǽr hé hwæt selle, ðæt hé hit forberan mæge bútan hreówe,

    • Past. 325, 18
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to abstain from action, desist from,
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  • Gif hwelc mon forbireð his synna for ðǽm ege ánum ðæs wítes

    si a prava actione formidata poena prohibet,

    • Past. 265, l.

  • Hié forberað ǽghwelce unryhte tǽlinge

    ab omni se peste obtrectationis abstinentes,

    • 199, 4
      • .
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  • Hé forbierð ðæt hé ne syngað,

    • Past. 407, 5
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  • Suá suá Dauid forbær ðæt hé Saul ne dorste ofsleán for Godes ege . . . suá suá Dauit forbær ðæt hé ne slóg mid his sueorde Saul, suá hié forberað ðæt hié mid ðǽm sueorde hiera tungna tǽlinge ne sleáð hira hláfurdes ðeáwas. . . Gif hié eallunge forberan ne mægen . . . ðæt hié hit ne scíren

    Saul Dauid ferire metuit. . . subditorum mentes . . . praepositorum vitam nullo linguae gladio percutiunt. . . Qui siquando sese abstinere vix possunt, ut . . . loquantur,

    • 199, 2-9
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  • Þ gé forberen þ gé deófolgyld ne weorðien. ne blód ne þicgen,

    • Ll. Th. i. 56, 25.

  • Hwá mæg forbæran ꝥ hé ꝥ ne siofige,

    • Bt. 36, i
      • ;
    • F. 172, 13
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to abstain:
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  • Þ gé forberen from dernum geligerum,

    • Ll. Th. i. 56, 25
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to refrain from using
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  • Ðá fæstendan ne forsáwen ðá etendan, for ðǽm ðe hié ðǽre Godes giefe brucaí ðá ðe óðre forberað,

    • Past. 319, 10
      • .
to restrain.
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Cf. wyrt-forbor
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  • Gif mon sié wyrtum forboren . . . wiþ þon þe mon sié forboren . . . ne mæg [man] hine wyrtum forberan,

    • Lch. ii. 114, 8-12
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  • Gif hyt mid geswelle on forboren byð

    if the poison be kept in with, the swelling,

    • i. 92, 8
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Etymology
[
O.H.Ger. fer-beran abstinere, continere. "
]
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v.  fór-beran fóre-beran.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-beran.” 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/45406.

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