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to neglect a concrete thing
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  • Gyf hé for slǽwðe his hláfordes [land] forgýmð, ne bið his ágnum wel geborgen,

    • Ll. Th. i. 440, 16
    • .
  • Gif preóst húsl forgíme,

    • ii. 292, 23.
  • Ðeáh úre heorda hwylc án sceáp forgýme,

    • 326, 24.
  • Ne sceolde hé nán ðing forgýman ðe ǽfre tó note mehte, ne forða músfellan,

    • Angl. ix. 265, 7
    • .
to neglect to do (dat. infin.)
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  • Oferhogie hé oððe forgýme ðá ðing tó begánne and tó bewitanne ðe tó scepene belimpað,

    • Angl. ix. 260, 3
    • .
to disregard evil
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  • Forgéman

    praetergredi (iniqua ),

    • Kent. Gl. 685
    • .
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[v.
N. E. D. foryeme.
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