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ge-forþian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to put forth, proffer, present, contribute
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  • Hé ongan smeágan hwaet him sǽlost tó geforðienne of his cynelicum mádmum Gode tó lofe and him silfum tó écere þearfe, C. D. B. ii. 389, 13. [Cf. Forþe we him ure rihte bileue and luue for gersum

    proferamus ei de cordis nostri thesauro fidei sensum,

      O. E. Hml. 43, ll.
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to forward, prosper, promote the well-being of
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  • Hé hí geforðode on fægerum þeáwum,

      Hml. A. 94, 83.

  • His engel geforðige ðé and þíne fare gewissige,

      Hml. S. 22, 29.

  • Hú hé yrðe mæge fyrme geforðian,

      Angl. ix. 261, 5.
to carry out, accomplish, perform
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  • Se cniht þá brýdlác geforþode,

      Hml. S. 34, 21.

  • Þ hé under him ðane hálgan regol geforþæde aefter mynsterlicum þeáwe

    that he might carry out the holy rule according to monastic custom,

      Cht. Th. 242, 5.

  • Dauid hit hæfde gemynt ǽr tó dónne, ac hé ne geforðede hit ná, ac hit wearð þurh his sunu geforðad,

      Wlfst. 277, 26.

  • Sé þe þis forsitte and hit geforðian nylle. Ll. Th. i. 284, 4: ii. 288, 22: Chr. 1097; P. 2-53,

      24.
  • 'Man ofsleá Amanes mágas.' Þis wearð geforþod, Hml. A. JOi, 312.

  • On þone seofoðan dæg ðú gerestest. Þá wæs geforðad ðín fægere weorc,

      Btwk. 198, 8.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-forþian.” 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/48000.

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