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for-byrd

  • noun [ feminine ]
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for-byrd, for-byrd (fore-), e; f. (in Hml. S. 33, 203 the word seems neuter),
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bearing pain, &c., endurance,
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v. for-beran I.
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  • Ne mihte Pafnuntius nán forbyrd habban, ne náne frófre onfón,

    • Hml. S. 33, 203
      • .

  • Nú wille ic God biddan ꝥ hé þé forgife forebyrd and geþyld,

    • 251.
bearing patiently, forbearance.
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v. for-beran 3, for-byrdig
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  • Ðæt hí beóð on ǽlengum ðingum and on ǽlcre longunge geðyldige and on forebyrde eáðmóde

    patientiae longanimitate humiles,

    • Past. 41, 17
      • .
abstention,
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v. for-beran 5
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  • Hió gesette ofer eall hyre ríce þæt nán forbyrd nǽre æt geligere betwuh nánre sibbe

    praecepit ut inter parentes ac filios, nulla delata reverentia naturae, de conjugiis adpetendis, ut cuique libitum esset, liberum fieret,

    • Ors. 1. 2
      • ;
    • S. 30, 35
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-byrd.” 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/45428.

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