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for-hǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hǽtan, p. te

overheat

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To make too hot, overheat Se mon wyrð tó swíþe forhǽt, Lch. ii. 244, 8

Linked entry: hǽtan

for-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sellan, pp. -seald

To give up ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ lose

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To give up, sacrifice, lose Gif hé nylle hý niman, hæbbe forseald ꝥ feoh ꝥ hé sealde si ille eam accipere nolit, perdat pecuniam quam dederat, Ll. Th. ii. 148, 31

for-slǽwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-slǽwan, p. de

hinder ⬩ impede

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To make too slow, hinder, impede, make reluctant Ðæt hé nóht unryhtlíce hit ne forslǽwde (-ðe, v. l.) quod in otio quasi non injuste torpescat, Past. 284, 3. Ná þé forslǽwe geneósian untrumne non te pigeat uisitare infirmum, Scint. 202, 4

Linked entry: for-sláwian

for-spænendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-spænendlic, for-spænnendlic.

Similar entry: for-spennendlic

for-hogdness

(n.)
Grammar
for-hogdness, e; f.

Contempt

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Contempt Tó worulde forhogdnisse ad contemtum saeculi, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, 15: Ps. Srt. 78, 4: Rtl. 103, 28

Linked entries: -hogdnes for-hogodness

for-hogiend

(n.)
Grammar
for-hogiend, es; m.

A despiser ⬩ contemner

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A despiser, contemner Þearfena lufiend and his sylfes forhogiend cultor pauperum et contemptor sui, Gr. D. 329, 13

Linked entry: -hogiend

for-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hweorfan, p. -hwearf

To pass away ⬩ be destroyed

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To pass away, be destroyed On þám dæge on þám fýrenan wylme sǽ forhwyrfeð (-hwirf-, v. l.) and eorðe and heofonas, Wlfst. 183, 4

for-hwirfedness

(n.)
Grammar
for-hwirfedness, e; f.

Perverseness

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Perverseness Ðú lufodest ealle forhwyrfednesse word, Nap. 24

Linked entry: -hwirfedness

for-hycgend

(n.)
Grammar
for-hycgend, es; m.

A despiser ⬩ contemner

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A despiser, contemner Forhycgend (-hicg-, v. l.) úra goda contemtor diuum, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 21, 13. Forhicgend, R. Ben. I. 55, 13

for-lǽtedness

(n.)
Grammar
for-lǽtedness, e; f.

Intermission

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Intermission Bútan forlǽtednesse (-end- ? -en- ?) sine intermissione, Gr. D. 227, 16

Linked entry: -lǽtedness

for-lǽtere

(n.)
Grammar
for-lǽtere, es; m.

forsakes

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One who leaves, forsakes, &c. Forlétrum relinquentibus, Lk. p. 9, 17

Linked entry: lǽtere

for-leórness

(n.)
Grammar
for-leórness, e; f.

Transgression

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Transgression Foreliórnesse praevaricationes, Ps. Sp. 100, 3

Linked entry: leór-ness

for-leorning

(n.)
Grammar
for-leorning, e; f.

error

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Learning wrongly, error Þæs leásung and forleornung cymþ tó him þe hé hine sylfne déþ tó þon þe hé nis therefore will falsehood and error come to him that he makes himself out to be that which he is not, Bl. H. 183, 34

Linked entry: leornung

for-lidennes

Grammar
for-lidennes, (-liþ-).
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Forliþennysse naufragio, An. Ox. 629. ꝥ ic forlidennesse gefare, Ap. Th. 12, 10. Forlidenesse ic þolie, Coll. M. 27, 1. Forlyðenisse, An. Ox. 56, 342. Add

for-mogian

(v.)
Grammar
for-mogian, p. ode

To decay

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To decay Sume cwǽdon ꝥ se líchama þe ǽne bið formogod and tó dúste gewend and wíde tósáwon, ꝥ hé nǽfre eft tógædre ne cóme, Hml. S. 23, 375

Linked entry: mogian

fór-racu

(n.)
Grammar
fór-racu, e; f.

An itinerary

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An itinerary Fórrake itinerarium, An. Ox. 7, 121

for-réceleásian

(v.)
Grammar
for-réceleásian, p. ode

To neglect

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To neglect Þá þe swá Godes bebodu forréceleásiað, ꝥ hig þisne egeslican cwide (the sentence on the wicked at the resurrection) gehýran sculon, Ll. Th. ii. 396, 21

for-sǽtian

(v.)
Grammar
for-sǽtian, p. ode

take by surprise

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To catch by lying in ambush, take by surprise Hé forsǽtade hié ðǽr ðǽr hié geþóht hæfdon ꝥ hié hiene besǽtedon insidiantes insidiis capit. Or. 3, 11; S. 146, 10

for-sǽwennes

(n.)
Grammar
for-sǽwennes, (-sæw- ?).

Similar entry: for-sewennes

for-sceamung

(n.)
Grammar
for-sceamung, e; f.

Shame

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Shame Forscamung pudor, verecundia, Germ. 390, 120

Linked entries: sceamung scendung