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[The Latin original of Past. 50, 1 (Swt. 387, 22) is: Prosperitatem apud judicium cordis non reprimit.] Add::
to overcome, conquer
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  • ꝥte stronga ðu forsuíðes ut fortia confundas, Rtl. 50, 13. ꝥ forswíðeð middangeard vincit mundum, 28, 1, 3. ꝥte ðá ðe ué giðoligað foresuíðe ué

    ut ea quae patimur vincamus,

      7, 40.
    [Eal þat sár heó forswýhþ, Lch. iii. 86, 24.]
to surpass, excel
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  • Of ðon ðerhcyme éðmódnisse édes ðona forsuíðde heáhnisse hiordes

    eo perveniat humilitas gregis, quo praecessit celsitudo pastoris,

      Rtl. 32, 21.
to drive away, force away (?)
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  • Gif wíf forswýð hire wer hyre fram

    si mulier virum suum a se rejiciat,

      Ll. Th. ii. 152, 1.
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v. un-forswíþed.
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v.  fore-swíþan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-swíþan.” 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/46004.

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