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for-habban

  • verb
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intrans.
To abstain, refrain
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  • Ne þú ne forhafa

    neque conpescaris,

    • Bl. Gl.

  • Ne mihte hé þá forhabban,

    • B. 2609.
Grammar
for-habban, for-hæbbende
abstinent, continent:
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  • Hine þá bróðra hatedon, þý hé swá forhæbbende wæs,

    • Guth. 16, 26
      • .

  • Forhæbbendra

    continentium, i. virginum,

    • An. Ox. 1002.

  • Ðá forhæbbendan

    continentes,

    • Past. 453, 30, 31
      • .
to abstain from.
with dat.
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  • Sóna swá hý geedwyrpte beóð, þám flǽscǽte forhæbben (-habban v. l.)

    a carnibus abstineant,

    • R. Ben. 61, 3.
with prep.
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  • From giriordum forhabba,

    • Rtl. 16, 25.

  • Scolde heó forhabban fram ingange Godes húses,

    • Hml. Th. i. 134, 19
      • .

  • Gód is tó forhæbbenne fram unálýfedlicum styrungum,

    • ii. 564, 7.

  • Fram mettum forhæbbende,

    • Hy. S. 65, 37
      • .
trans.
reflexive,
to restrain one's self from, keep away.
with prep.
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  • Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe hine forhæfð fram unálýfedlicere gesihðe,

    • Hml. Th. Ii. 564, 3
      • .

  • Forhæfde hé hine fram his gebeórscipe,

    • Hml. S. 31, 613
      • .

  • Heó ne mihte hí sylfe forhabban fram hire were

    a viro suo sese abstinere non potuit,

    • Gr. D. 72, 10
      • .
with clause
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  • Gehwá hine forhæbbe ꝥ hé hí ná fæstende ete,

    • Lch. i. 228, 14
      • .
to keep back.
not to pay a due
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  • Gif cyninges þegn hit (Rómpænig) forhæbbe,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 300, 3, 6
      • .
not to mention
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  • Hé worhte má wundra mid eów þonne hé mid ús dyde, and þeáh wé fela forhebbon (-habbæn, v. l.),

    • Hml. S. 31, 1456
      • .
to restrain, check, stop, put difficulties in the way of
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  • Cum ymb geáres rynu . . . ic þé bidde ꝥ þú þis ne forhæbbe, ac ꝥ þú cume,

    • Hml. S. 23 b, 708
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  • Hí ne mihton forhabban merestreámes mód, ac hé manegum gesceód,

    • Ex. 487
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  • Gif mon innan forhæfd sié

    if a man be costive,

    • Lch. ii. 276, 4
      • .
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-habban.” 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/45722.

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