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for-hogian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to disdain
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  • Ic forhogige

    dedignor,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 67
      • .
to hold in contempt a person or thing
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  • Hé ánum folgað and óðerne forhogað (-eð, L.

    contemnet),

    • Lk. 16, 13
      • .

  • Forhogað

    accusat,

    • Jn. R. 5, 45
      • .

  • Forogas,

    • Mt. L. 6, 24
      • .

  • Gié forhogas bebod Godes

    vos transgredimini mandatum Dei,

    • 15, 3
      • .

  • Forhogede

    contempserit,

    • An. Ox. 3920
      • .

  • Hié forhogodan ege ealra eorðlicra cyninga,

    • Bl. H. 137, 5.

  • Ne forhogiaþ wísdóm,

    • Bt. 16, 1
      • ;
    • F. 50, 26
      • .

  • Forhogot

    spreta,

    • An. Ox. 11, 72
      • .

  • Bið forhoged

    confunditur,

    • 520.

  • Ná sí forhugud

    non aspernatur,

    • Angl. xiii. 441, 1085
      • .
to disdain to do.
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  • Swá hé lǽs forhogað ðæt hé ús ðonne giet tó him spane, siððan wé hiene oferhycggeað

    quanto contemtus adhuc vocare non dedignatur,

    • Past. 407, 18
      • :
    • Bl. H. 83, 15
      • .

  • Sume men for heora prýtan forhogiað ꝥ hí hýran godcundan ealdran,

    • Ll. Th. i. 332, 34
      • .
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  • Hé forhogode tógénes grétan,

    • Gr. D. 34, 6
      • .
with dat. infin.
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  • Þætte wíf forhogiað heora bearn tó fédanne

    ut mulieres filios nutrire contemnant,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • Sch. 80, 12
      • .

  • Ꝥ hé his synna ne forhogige tó andettanne

    ut non negligat peccata sua confiteri,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 174, 12.
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. forhow.
]
Similar entries
Cf. for-hycgan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-hogian.” 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/45748.

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