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for-lǽdan

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§649;
to lead so as to injure or destroy, bring to harm, destruction, &c., betray:
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  • Þér hé wæs ǽrost geswenced mid grimmum gefeohte and micelne dǽl his heres forlǽdde

    (ubi acerba primum pugna fatigatus, deinde . . . non paruum numerum . . . disperdidit,

    • Bd. 1, 2
      • ),
    • Chr. P. 5, 6.

  • Hé mid firde fór . . . and sóna þæs folces þone mǽstan dǽl fleónde forlǽdde and mid searwe þǽm cyninge on onwald gedyde

    acceptum exercitum statim Cyro per proditionem tradit,

    • Ors. 1, 12
      • ;
    • S. 52, 27
      • .

  • Hié forlǽddan tó þám lindplegan swǽse gesíðas and hyra sylfra feorh

    they carried themselves and their comrades to a fight that was fatal to all,

    • B. 2039
      • .

  • Mé þás woruldsǽlða on þis dimme hol forlǽddon,

    • Met. 2, 11.

  • Ðæt mód ongit hine selfne on swelcre frecennesse and on swelcne spild forlǽd

    mens sese in praecipitium pervenisse deprehendit,

    • Past. 441, 27
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-lǽdan.” 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/45791.

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