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of wrong done,
to go beyond due bounds, exceed, transgress
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  • Gecyndes gemet ic forgǽgde

    naturae modum excessi,

    • Angl. xi. 116, 20
      • .

  • Gemet tó specenne ná forgǽg þú,

    • Scint. 81, 13
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  • Wolde Eleazarus sweltan ǽr þan þe hé Godes ǽ forgǽgan wolde,

    • Hml. S. 25, 86, 95
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  • Tó forgǽgenne,

    • 113.

  • Forgǽgende (cf. oferliórende, Ps. Srt.) ic talode þá árleásan

    praeuaricantes reputaui peccatores,

    • Ps. L. 118, 119
      • .
of right not done,
to pass by, omit to do, neglect
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  • Se cniht þe wát hwæt his hláfordes willa bið, and hé þæt forgǽgð

    seruus sciens uoluntatem domini sui et non faciens,

    • Wlfst. 248, 12
      • .

  • Ꝥ nán forgǽge

    quod nemo pretermittat,

    • Angl. xiii. 440, 1065
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  • Ná hé beboda þá lǽstan forgǽge

    (pretereat),

    • 441, 1090
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  • Náne þá tó dónne synd gódu forgǽgean

    nulla quae facienda sunt bona preterire,

    • Scint. 68, 5
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  • Herelof bócfellum ne sí forlǽten ł forgǽged ł forgýmeleásod

    nequaquam rumusculus [a nostris] pitaciolis excipiatur,

    • An. Ox. 4571
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  • Án strica oððe án stæf ðǽre ealdan ǽ ne bið forgǽged

    (iota ununt aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege,

    • Mt. 5, 18
      • ),
    • Hml. Th. ii. 200, 1
      • .
to pass away
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  • Bebod hé gesette and hit ne gewíteþ ł hit ne forgǽgð

    (non praeteribit),

    • Ps. L. 148, 6
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-gǽgan.” 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/45676.

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