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  • Ic fordwíne

    evanesco, i. evaneo,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 27
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  • Fordwínþ

    fatescit, i. evanescit, lacessit,

    • 147, 23
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to vanish, pass from sight
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  • Fordwán

    disparuit,

    • Hpt. Gl. 502, 1
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  • Fǽrlíce fordwán se ælðeódiga of his gesihðum,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 286, 22
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  • Hé ðǽrrihte of hyra gesihðum fordwán,

    • i. 452, 15
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    • Hml. S. 6, 315
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  • Se deófol þǽrrihte fordwán on his gesihðe

    the devil straightway vanished while he was looking at him,

    • 31, 178
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  • Þa hundas ðǽrrihte of heora gesihðe fordwinon,

    • Hml. Th. i. 378, 1.
to pass from knowledge, become unknown:
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  • Bemiþe, fordwine

    delitesceret, i. diu lateret,

    • An. Ox. 2089
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  • Fordwínan

    delitescere, i. latere,

    • 2152.
to fade away, dwindle away, pass away, come to an end, decay
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  • Gif se salt forduínde ł forduíneð

    si sal euanuerit.

    • Lk. L. 14, 34
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  • Þæs folces duguð fordwíneð,

    • Wlfst. 133, 12
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  • Fordwán

    cassaretur,

    • An. Ox. 4711
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  • Fordwinan

    tabuerunt,

    • 4032:

    euanuerunt, i. defecerunt,

    • 1679.

  • Swylce sceadu gewitan, swylce swefen fordwinan

    (euanuerunt),

    • Scint. 215, 11
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  • Fordwínan

    euanescere, i. deficere,

    • An. Ox. 3272
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[v.
N. E. D. fordwine.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-dwínan.” 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/45475.

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