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for-teón

  • verb [ contracted ]
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Substitute: for-teón; p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.
to pull and hurt, to gripe
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  • Fortogen

    turminosus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 10.
  • Þá men ... fnǽstiað swíþe, beóþ fortogene,

      Lch. ii. 242, 7.
to pull in the way of, obscure, cover up; obducere
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  • Þæs líchoman hefignes mid gedwolmiste fortíhð mód foran monna gehwelces, ꝥ hit beorhte ne mót blícan,

      Met. 22, 34.
  • Þeáh sió swǽrnes ðæs líchoman mid þám gedwolmiste ꝥ mód fortió ꝥ hit ne mæge beorhte scínan,

      Bt. 35, 1; F. 156, 1.
to draw away, lead astray; seducere
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  • Tó þám ríce þonan ús ǽr þurh synlust se swearta gǽst forteáh,

      Cri. 270.
Etymology
[Þenne com þe fule gost and forteð þat child to here wille, O. E. Hml. ii. 87, 33. O. H. Ger. fer-ziuhan.]
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