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to seize and hold.
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of a criminal or captive
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  • Ic eom mid racenteágum fornumen,

    • Hml. Th. i. 462, 31
      • .

  • Ðis wíf fornumen is

    (deprehensa est)

    in dernegiligro,

    • Jn. R. 8, 4
      • .
of that which affects the body or mind, e.g. disease or fear
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  • Se unclǽna gást fornóm

    (arripiebat)

    hine,

    • Lk. L. 8, 29
      • .

  • Ádl þé fornime ꝥ þú ne beó hál ne gesund,

    • Ap. Th. 21, 16.

  • Læg heó swilce mid slǽpe fornumen,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 32, 29
      • .

  • Seó módor mid murcnunge wæs fornumen,

    • Hml. S. 2, 105
      • .

  • Mid fyrhte fornumene,

    • 3, 138
      • :
    • Hml. Th. ii. 382, 3
      • .

  • Mið costungum fornumena

    tormentis comprehensos,

    • Mt. L. 4, 24
      • .
to comprehend
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  • Ðióstro hiá ne fornómon

    (compraehenderunt),

    • Jn. L. R. 1, 5
      • .
to seize and take away, carry off, do away with
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  • Fornymþ

    aboleuerit,

    • Germ. 388, 30
      • .

  • Fornoom

    intercepit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 18
      • .

  • Sume þá wyrta wǽron mid fótum fortredene, sume hý wǽron mid ealle fornumene

    (direpta),

    • Gr. D. 23, 30
      • .

  • Freóriht fornumene,

    • Wlfst. 158, 15
      • .
of death:
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  • Þæt hié deáð fornóme,

    • Ors. 4, 6
      • ;
    • S. 174, 26
      • .
to take from a person, defraud
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  • Ne fornime incer nóder óðer

    nolite fraudare invicem,

    • Past. 399, 34
      • .
to seize and devour, consume
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  • Fornumen

    exesum vel commessum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 77
      • .
of living creatures
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  • Hié

    (the hippopotamuses)

    þá men mid heora múðe sliton and hié ealle fornámon

    (assumpserunt),

    • Nar. 11, 5
      • .

  • Hé (Herod) mid wyrmum fornumen gewát of lífe

    consumptus a vermibus exspiravit

      (
    • Acts 12, 23
      • ),
    • Hml. Th. ii. 382, 3
      • 4.

  • Fornumene

    exesa, consumpta,

    • An. Ox. 50, 39
      • .
of the destruction wrought by a person (or weapon)
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  • Þín sweord fornymeð þíne þá wiþerweardan,

    • Guth. 78, 2
      • .

  • Hé ðá óþre wered fornóm (nám, v. l.) and fordílgode

    ceteras capias deleuit,

    • Bd. 2, 2
      • ;
    • Sch. 121, 19
      • .

  • Fornómun mec

    consummaverant me,

    • Ps. Srt. 118, 87
      • .
of natural agents, fire, disease, &c.
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  • Ragu and meós fornymð

    (consumet)

    ealle wæstmas,

    • Deut. 28, 42
      • .

  • Fýres gecynd is þæt hit fornimð swá hwæt swá gehende bið,

    • Hml. Th. i. 320, 27.

  • ꝥ fýr be fornam ne án hǽr heora feaxes,

    • Hml. S. 30, 464.

  • Tó fornimene

    voraturos (ardores),

    • An. Ox. 3979
      • .

  • God is fornymende fýr

    (ignis consumens),

    • Hml. Th. i. 322, 9
      • .

  • Líchama mid hreófnisse fornumen

    (devoratum),

    • Num. 12, 12
      • .

  • Úre hors wǽron swíðe mid þurste fornumene,

    • Nar. 12, 14
      • .
of the passage of time
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  • On sáre and on geómrunga mín líf and míne geár syndon fornumene,

    • Bl. H. 89, 15
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. fornim.
Goth. fra-niman
:
O. Sax. far-niman
:
O. H. Ger. fer-neman.
]
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v.  for-nǽman.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-niman.” 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/45870.

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