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to give, bestow, grant, dispense
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  • Gewelegade, forgæf

    donat,

      Wrt.
    • Voc. ii. 141, 72
      • .

  • Forgeaf

    contulit,

    hié forgeáfan

    contulerunt,

    • 24, 26, 7
      • .

  • Hwá mæg þám gýtsere genóh forgifan? Swá him mon máre selþ, swá hine má lyst,

    • Bt. 7, 4
      • ;
    • F. 22, 34
      • .

  • Forgyfende

    dispensans, i. disponens,

    • An. Ox. 1776
      • .
to give in answer to request
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  • Bióð gearwe tó lǽranne and tó forgiefanne ǽlcum ðára ðe iów bidde,

    • Past. 173, 8
      • .
to give as reward, retribution, &c.
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  • Wulderbeáh þæne forgyfþ

    corona quam reddet (i. restituet),

    • An. Ox. 1354
      • .

  • Wé sceolan dón sóðe bóte, þonne forgifeþ ús Drihten úre synna forgifnesse,

    • Bl. H. 99, 1
      • .

  • Se þe eft gyldeð þá þú him ǽr forgeáfe, and ús eallum gesealdest

    qui retribuet te retributionem tuam, quam tu retribuisti nobis,

    • Ps. Th. 136, 8
      • .

  • Sié ꝥ on cyninges dóme, swá deáð swá líf, swá hé him forgifan wille,

    • Ll. Th. i. 66, 10.
to give, allow as a matter of right
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  • Eallum frióum monnum þás dagas sién forgifene,

    • Ll. Th. i. 92, 2
      • .
to give up, hand over, deliver up, commit,
to a living creature
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  • Forgeaf hé hym Barrabban,

    • Mt. 27, 26
      • .

  • Þám þe is recedóm forgyfen ł befæst

    cui regimen commissum est,

    • An. Ox. 274
      • .

  • Forgyfene

    oblatam, i. deditam (praedam),

    • 3572.

  • Ðeówum monnum sién forgifen ǽghwæt þæs þe him ǽnig mon geselle,

    • Ll. Th. i. 92, 9
      • .
to a place, practice, &c.
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  • Ðá ðe hié selfe forgiefað gífernesse

    gulae dediti,

    • Past. 308, 14
      • .

  • Monge lifgað gyltum forgiefene,

    • Gú. 432
      • .

  • Hé wát æðelinga beam eorðan forgiefene

    (committed to the earth),

    • Seef. 93.
to give back what has been forfeited, restore
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  • Se cyng forgeaf þám eorle

    (Godwin who had just cleared himself)

    his fulne freóndscype and fulne eorldóm and eall þet hé ǽr áhte,

    • Chr. 1052
      • ;
    • P. 183, 10
      • .

  • Ꝥ hé wǽre his feores scyldig, buton se cyng him his feorh forgifan wolde,

    • Ll. Th. i. 230, 7
      • .
to give a woman in marriage, to marry a woman to some one
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  • Æþelstán his sweostor him forgeaf,

    • Chr. 925
      • ;
    • P. 105, 20
      • :
    • B. 2997
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  • Þám tó hám forgeaf hé ángan dohtor,

    • 374.

  • Se fæder þóhte hwám hé his dohter mihte heálícost forgifan,

    • Ap. Th. 1, 13
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  • Ꝥ nán man má wífa næbbe búton .i., and seó beó mid rihte beweddod and forgifen,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 300, 14
      • .

  • Æt his médder þe wǽre tó ǽwum wífe forgifen his fæder,

    • i. 90, 29.

  • Forgifen Eádwine tó cwéne,

    • Lch. iii. 422, 9
      • .

  • Forgyfen twám werum

    twice married,

    • 430, 13
      • .

  • Hió wæs forgifen Aldferþe, and hié be him lifgendum hié gedǽldun,

    • Chr. 718
      • ;
    • P. 42, 19
      • .

  • Forgifene

    nuptae,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 47
      • .
Of the dispensation of Providence,
to give powers of body or mind, conditions of being, &c.
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  • Þá gesceapu þe him ǽr forgeaf God,

    • Gen. 844
      • .

  • Him wundra fela Alwalda in ǽht forgeaf,

    • Ex. 11
      • .

  • Him líffreá woroldáre forgeaf,

    • B. 17
      • :
    • Gen. 2109.

  • Sige forgeaf Constantine cyning ælmihtig,

    • El. 144
      • .

  • Forgif mé leóht on þissum lífe,

    • An. 76.

  • Forgif mé ondgiet,

    • Hy. 4, 21
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  • Se sceoppend eallra gesceafta hæfþ forgifen án gecynd eallum his gesceaftum,

    • Bt. 34, 12
      • ;
    • F. 152, 17
      • :
    • 41, 5
      • ;
    • F. 254, 3, 14
      • .

  • Forgiefen,

    • Gú. 1106
      • :
    • Cri. 1400
      • .

  • Forgyfen,

    • 1388.

  • Sib is forgifen Godes gelaðunge,

    • Hml. S. 9, 130
      • .

  • Ic eom forgifen fram Gode þyssere byrig,

    • 136.

  • Manegum men bióþ forgifene þás woruldgesǽlþa,

    • Bt. 39, 12
      • ;
    • F. 230, 24
      • .
the object a clause
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  • Forgeaf him moncynnes fruma þæt hé weorðan sceolde . . .,

    • Ph. 377
      • .

  • Hafað þám treówe forgiefen Meotud þæt hé is ealra beáma beorhtast geblówen,

    • 175.

  • Eów weorþeþ forgifen hwæt gé sprecaþ,

    • Bl. H. 171, 29
      • .
to grant.
to grant leave to do, permit, allow.
without object expressed
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  • Forgeaf

    permitteret, i. licentiam daret,

    • An. Ox. 2573
      • .

  • Gode forgyfendum fór Æþelflæd,

    • Chr. 913
      • ;
    • P. 96, 33
      • .
with clause
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  • Forgifeþ hé ús ꝥ wé mótan his onsýne sceáwian,

    • Bl. H. 103, 28
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  • Forgif ús þæt wé þíne onsýne geméten,

    • Jul. 729
      • .

  • Ꝥ hé him álýfde and forgeáfe ꝥ hé móste hí gelǽran

    ut eos liceret inbui,

    • Bd. 4, 16
      • ;
    • Sch. 427, 17
      • .
with pronoun
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  • Forgeaf se cyning him ꝥ and lýfde

    concessit rex,

    • Bd. 4, 16
      • ;
    • Sch. 427, 20
      • .
with pron. and clause
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  • Him þæt Críst forgeaf þæt hý mótan his ætwiste brúcan,

    • Cri. 391
      • .
with infin.
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  • Hé forgeaf

    (permisit)

    iúh forléta wífa iúra,

    • Mt. L. 19, 8
      • .

  • Forgef ł léf meh fara

    permitte me ire,

    • 8, 21.
to grant leave to have
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  • Ne wæs se fyrst micel þe hí Gúðláce forgiefan þóhtan,

    • Gú. 298
      • .
to grant a request, cause to be done.
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  • Forgif úrum módum ꝥ hí móton tó þé cuman,

    • Bt. 33, 4
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    • F. 132, 27
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  • Forgif mé þæt ic weorðe blíðe

    vivifica me,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 107
      • .
with infin.
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  • From sceððendum woerdnissum giblinna forgef

    a noxiis vitiis cessare concede,

    • Rtl. 16, 27
      • .
with a coordinate clause from which an object may be inferred
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  • Forgif mé, beága weard, hát síðian Agar,

    • Gen. 2782
      • .
of action that produces an effect upon an object,
to give, cause
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  • Þú eallum oferhýdigum eáþmódnesse forgifest,

    • Bl. H. 141, 12
      • .

  • Hé inc bám forgeaf balewe geþóhtas,

    • Sat. 488
      • .

  • Hé him þá wunde forgeaf,

    • By. 139.
to give battle, deliver an attack:
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  • Hé mægenrǽs forgeaf,

    • B. 1519
      • .
to forgive.
to remit a fine, obligation, &c., not to insist upon what is due
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  • Éghuelc scyld forgeaf ic ðé

    omne debitum dimisi tibi,

    • Mt. L. 18, 32
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  • Þæt him nǽre nán þing þæs tigolgeweorces forgifen

    non minuetur quidquam de lateribus,

    • Ex. 5, 19
      • .

  • Sié him sió swingelle forgifen,

    • Ll. Th. i. 104, 16
      • .

  • Ic nelle ꝥ ǽnig fyhtewíte forgifen sý,

    • 248, 20
      • .

  • Ne beó ǽfre ǽnig foráð forgifen,

    • 388, 18
      • .

  • Beón þá heregeata forgyfene,

    • 420, 16
      • .
to give up claim to reparation for wrong doing, sin, offence.
the object a noun
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  • Se Hálga Gást manna synna forgifð,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 16
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  • Ðú forgeáfe ðá árleásnesse mínre heortan,

    • Past. 419, 8
      • .

  • Hié forgeáfon þǽm cásere þá fǽhþe þe his mǽg hæfde wið hié ǽr geworht, ond hé forgeaf him ꝥ unryht and ꝥ fácn ꝥ hí him dón þóhton

    Claudius omnium factorum dictorumve veniam sanxit,

    • Ors. 6, 4
      • ;
    • S. 258, 27-29
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  • Sié hit (gylt) healf forgifen,

    • Ll. Th. i. 64, 22
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  • Anweald synna tó forgifanne (-gef-, L.)

    potestas dimittendi peccata,

    • Mt. 9, 6
      • .

  • Monig is tó forgeafanne

    (ad ignoscendum),

    • Rtl. 10, 34
      • .
the object a clause
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  • Hé forgifeþ eall swá hwæt swá þes middangeard wiþ hine ǽbyligða geworhte,

    • Bl. H. 9, 11
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  • Forgif mé ꝥ ic tó þe sprecende wæs swá tó men,

    • 235, 31
      • .
absolute
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  • Gyf mín bróðor syngað wið mé, mót ic him forgyfan (ic forgefo

    dimittam,

    • L.
      • ),
    • Mt. 18, 21
      • .

  • Eáðor tó forgeafanne

    remissius,

    • Lk. L. 10, 12.
to give up resentment for injury received, dismiss ill-will, anger, remove one's displeasure from a person:
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  • Hé him forgeaf þone níð þe hé tó him wiste,

    • Ors. 5, 15
      • ;
    • S. 250, 15
      • .

  • Gif hwylce þǽr beóð þára þe hwæt ǽbylhða wið óðre habbað, þonne sceolan hig þá forgyfan,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 434, 8
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. fra-giban
:
O. Sax. far-geƀan (for-)
:
O. H. Ger. fer-geban.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-gifan.” 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/45689.

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