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  • Fordytte

    obstruit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 24.

  • Fordyttat

    obtrudite,

    • Germ. 398, 95.

  • Fordyt

    oblitum, coopertum,

    • 397, 378.
in a literal, physical sense
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  • Þá geoniendan ceáfla þrotbollan fordytte

    hiulcos (i. apertos) faucium gurguliones oppilauit (i. obturauit ),

    • An. Ox. 3577
      • .

  • Bescufon hí þone man in þone ofn and fordytton þone ofn

    (clibanum clauserunt),

    • Gr. D. 219, 13
      • .

  • Hí fordytton ǽlc fær upp tó þám muntum

    praeoccupaverunt omnes vertices montium,

    • Hml. A. 104, 70
      • .

  • Fordytte ꝥ eáre mid þǽre wulle,

    • Lch. ii. 42, 25
      • :
    • 44, 3
      • .

  • Hé hét fordyttan þæs scræfes múð mid weorcstánum,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 424, 26
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  • Fordyttum scyttylsum

    obseratis uectibus,

    • Germ. 399, 349
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figurative, where there is obstruction of the mind or senses
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  • Líchamlicere forspennincge fordyt

    carnalis (caligo) inlecebrae optundit (i. obfuscat ),

    • An. Ox. 1725.

  • Sé fordett

    qui opturat (aurem suam),

    • Kent. Gl. 777
      • .

  • Heó simble heora eáran fordyttan and hit gehýran noldon,

    • Wlfst. 255, 7
      • .

  • Heora módes andgytu hí fordytton,

    • Hml. S. 23, 379
      • .

  • Forduttende

    (obturantes)

    eáran hire,

    • Ps. Srt. 57, 5
      • .

  • Fordytt

    obstructum,

    • Bl. Gl.

  • Mid swige fordyt

    silentio oppilatum (i. obturatum),

    • An. Ox. 2086
      • .

  • Fordytte þinc

    abstrusa,

    • 2335.
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[v.
N. E. D. fordit.
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v. un-fordyt[t].
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-dyttan.” 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/45477.

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