Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

for-lange

(adv.)
Grammar
for-lange, (? for lange); adv.

Long ago

Entry preview:

Long ago Forlonge (olim) ꝥte heá gehreáwsadon, Lk. L. R. 10, 13. Forelong, Mt. L. 11, 21. Forelonge dudum, Rtl. 194, 1

for-þeófian

(v.)
Grammar
for-þeófian, v. for-þiófan, þeófian
Entry preview:

in Dict

fóre-ceorfan

(v.)
Grammar
fóre-ceorfan, p. -cearf, pl. -curfon; pp. -corfen [fóre fore, ceorfan to cut]

To cut off the frontpræcīdĕre

Entry preview:

To cut off the front; præcīdĕre Ic fóreceorfe præcīdo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 35

for-liger

(n.)
Grammar
for-liger, n.
Entry preview:

Forligr fornicatio, Scint. 86, 17. Forligref[s ?] fornicationis, 57, 4. Forligres, 88, 5. Forligeris prostibuli, fornicationis, Hpt. Gl. 435, 42. Forligeres, hǽmedes, An. Ox. 4219. Fúles forligeres lupanaris incesti, 4221. Forligres, 2, 307. Forlegores

for-gef

Grammar
for-gef, = for-geaf, the perf. also for for-gif, the impert. of for-gifan

to giveforgive

Entry preview:

to give, forgive, Andr. Kmbl. 971; An. 486: Ps. C. 50, 45; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 45: 50, 63; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 63: 50, 139; Ps. Grn. ii. 280, 139: 50, 154; Ps. Grn. ii. 280, 154

for-seóþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-seóþan, pp. -soden

To boil away

Entry preview:

Hí (the Innocents) sind gehátene martyra blóstman, for ðan ðe hí wǽron swá swá úpáspringende blóstman on middeweardan cyle ungeleáffulnysse swilce mid sumere éhtnysse forste forsodene, Hml. Th. i. 84, 15

for-dyttan

(v.)
Grammar
for-dyttan, part. -dyttende; p. -dytte; pp. -dytted, -dytt, -dyt

To close or shut entirely upstop upoppīlāreclaudĕreobstruĕre

Entry preview:

Ǽlc unrihtwísnes fordyt múþ hire omnis inīquĭtas oppīlābit os suum, 106, 42. Is fordyt múþ sprecendra unrihte þing, obstructum est os lŏquentium inīqua, 62, 12.

Linked entry: for-dettan

for-get

Grammar
for-get, = for-git, -giteþ; 3rd pres. sing. of for-gitan: for-getst

forgetsforgettest

Entry preview:

forgets, Bt. 3, 2; Fox 6, 9, forgettest, Ps. Lamb. 43, 24, =

fóre-sǽge

Grammar
fóre-sǽge, 3rd sing. imperf. subj. of fóre-seón.

should provideprovĭdēret

Entry preview:

should provide; provĭdēret, Bd. 4, 1; S. 565, 8;

for-brittan

Grammar
for-brittan, for-bryttan.

to crushdestroy

Entry preview:

Take the passages under these under for-brítan, and add: Forbrýt, tóbrecþ conterat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 5.

for-aldod

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-aldod, = for-ealdod; pp. of for-ealdian.

antiquated

Entry preview:

antiquated, Solil. 11

for-brict

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-brict, =for-britt; pp. of for-britan.

crushed

Entry preview:

crushed, L. E. I. 2; Th. ii. 404, 5

for-gifnes

Grammar
for-gifnes, for-gifennes (-gifenes).

releasemildnesslenityindulgencelaxity

Entry preview:

Add: remission of a fine, tax, &c. Ic wille ꝥ ealle þá freódóm and ealle þá forgiuenesse þe míne forgengles geáfen, þet hit stande, Chr. 963; P. 117, 5. release Tó bodanne hæftedum forgefnisse praedicare captiuis remissionem, Lk. R. L. 4, 18. forgiveness

fore-spreca

an advocatedefendera sponsor

Entry preview:

Add: an advocate, defender For[e]sprec[a] patronus, An. Ox. 56, 335. Forspeca orator, Germ. 400, 548. Hé bæd mé ðæt ic him wǽre forespeca, Cht. Th. 169, 26. Þá nyste Paulus ðá gástlican getácnunge ðǽre ǽ, and wæs forðí hyre forespreca, Hml.

sǽ-fór

(n.)
Grammar
sǽ-fór, e; f.

A journey by sea, a voyage

Entry preview:

A journey by sea, a voyage Nis ðæs módwlonc mon ofer eorþan . . . ðæt hé á his sǽfóre sorge næbbe, Exon. Th. 308, 19; Seef. 42

for-sewennes

(n.)
Grammar
for-sewennes, fore-seuwenes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

A looking down uponcontemptcontemptusdespectio

Entry preview:

For his forsewennesse out of contempt for him, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 13. Forsewennyss contemptus, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 17

for-þrǽstednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-þrǽstednes, for-þrǽstnes
Entry preview:

a crushing, breaking to pieces; contritio Forðréstednis contritio, Ps. Srt. 13, 3. Forðréstnisse contritiones, 146, 3. Forðrástnisse, 59, 4

for-weryþ

(v.)
Grammar
for-weryþ, = for-werpþ [Ps. Lamb. towyrpþ destruet, 51, 7] for-weorpeþ; 3rd sing. pres. of forweorpan.

shall destroydestruet

Entry preview:

shall destroy, destruet. Ps. Spl. 51, 5

for-dician

(v.)
Grammar
for-dician, for-dícian; p. ode

To barricade

Entry preview:

To barricade, block up a path Hé wilnað ðæt hé ús ðone weg fordíkige (-dícige, v. l.), ðæt wé ne mægen ástígan iter ascensionis abscidit, Past. 361, 4. Ðý lǽs hié himselfum fordíkigen ðone weg ðǽre bóte ne viam sibi meliorationis abscidant, 383, 23.

for-warnian

(v.)
Grammar
for-warnian, for-warenian; p. ode.

to forewarn

Entry preview:

to forewarn Be ðám treówe Críst sylf forewarnode Adam, Nap. 24. Ealle þás þing him wǽron ætýwede tó ðám ꝥ hí sceoldon ús forewarnian, ib. to take heed beforehand Forewarna þú uideas, Hpt. 31, 9, 160