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fór-wyrcan

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Grammar
fór-wyrcan, l. for-wyrcan,
Wright's OE grammar
§649;
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  • Wé ðone biteran wille æt ðǽm ǽsprynge forwyrceað and ádrýgað,

      Past. 307, 1.
  • Hé hét þæs scræfes ingang ðǽr hí inne lágon eall hit mid weorcstánum forwyrcan ... Hé clypode: 'Hí man mid weorcstáne on ǽghwilce healfe ðǽrinne forwyrce, ꝥ hí sunnan leóman nǽfre lengc ne geseón,' Hml. S. 23, 315-24.
  • Hé hét ꝥ scræf forwyrcan, 758.
  • Hét ic eft þá ðyrelo mid golde forwyrcean and áfyllan (

    metallo compleui

    ),
      Nar. 20, 4.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. furi-wurchen obstruere.]
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v. un-forworht.
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