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forþ-faran

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Forðfærð defungitur, forðfaren defunctus, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 71, 70. Ádwǽsced, forþfaren, ácweald extinctus, i. peremptus, mortuus, ii. 145, 20. Þá forðfarenan obeuntem, 63, 6. Bysne niman æt forðfarenum mannum, Hml. Th. ii. 532. 31. Dele first passage,

forþ-bilding

Linked entry: bilding

forþ-geclypian

(v.)
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Add: Scint. 105, 15

forþ-gefaren

(adj.)
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forþ-gefaren, adj. (ptcpl.)

Departed ⬩ deceased

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Departed, deceased Ðá bisene ðára forðgefarenra federa, Past. 77, 19

forþ-gewitenes

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Forðgewitenes transmigratio (v. 106, 10), Angl. xi. 7, 9. Add

forþ-gyrd

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Forðgyrde antela, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 19. Mid forgyrdum antelis, Hpt. 31, 14, 335. Add

forþ-síþ

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Exitium, i. periculum forþsíþ, útsíþ mors perdictio, Wülck. Gl. 231, 10. Ðonne him forðsíð gebyrige gýme his hláford ðæs hé lǽfe, Ll. Th. i. 434, 27. Behealdað hiera líf and hira forðsiið, Past. 205, 16. Hé þám bróþrum cýðde hyre forðsíð (obitum ), Gr

forþ-stefn

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Far ofer sǽ, and site on þes scipes forðstefna, ðonne ... þú freónd findest begeondan þǽm sǽ, Lch. iii. 180, 4. Add

forþ-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
forþ-weard, adv.

moving onwards ⬩ on ⬩ onwards ⬩ continuously ⬩ prospectively ⬩ looking to the future

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expressing motion, moving onwards Mid þí þe hig ongunnon rówan and hí forðwerd wǽron on heora weg ( they were making way ), Ap. Th. 10, 24. with a verb of motion, on, onwards Nathan wæs forðwerd farende tóweard Rómána ríce, Hml. A. 181, 17. temporal

forþ-lífan

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Dele, and

forþ-loten

(v.; part.)

Linked entry: loten

forþ-rihtes

(adv.)
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forþ-rihtes, adv.

Straight on

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Straight on Þá sealmas forðrihtes bútan antemne sint tó singanne psalmi directanei sine antiphona dicendi sunt, R. Ben. I. 48, 6

Linked entry: forþ-riht

forþ-tihting

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Dele

forþ-weg

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Hé his gást ágeaf on Godes wære, fús on forðweg (desirous to depart), Men. 218. Add

forþ-wíf

A woman of rank ⬩ a great lady

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Substitute: A woman of rank a great lady Hláford dominus forðwíf matrona (cf. þǽre hláfdian matrone, ii. 54, 65), hlǽfdige domina, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 78

be-fótian

(v.)
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Se cyning hét hine befótian, Hml. S. 25, 117. Add

for-faran

(v.)
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for-faran, p. -fór, pl. -fóron; pp. -faren [for-, faran to go] .

to go or pass away ⬩ perish ⬩ perīre ⬩ to cause to pass away ⬩ cause to perish ⬩ to destroy ⬩ perdĕre

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to go or pass away, perish; perīre Seó scipfyrd [MS. scipfyrde] ælmǽst earmlíce forfór almost all the ship-force perished miserably, Chr. 1091; Erl. 227, 35. Hí mǽst ealle forfóron they almost all perished, 910; Erl. 101, 8, 33: 1096; Erl. 233, 22. to

Linked entry: for-ferian

fore-feng

(n.)
Grammar
fore-feng, -fong, es; m. [ = for-feng]

A seizing ⬩ rescuing ⬩ apprehensio

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A seizing, rescuing; apprehensio Be forstolenes monnes forefonge of seizing a stolen man, L. In. 53; Th. i. 134, 15. Be forefonge [forefenge MSS. B, G, H.], 72; Th. i. 148, 5. Be forstolenes ceápes forefonge of the rescuing of stolen property, 75; Th

fore-spreca

(n.)
Grammar
fore-spreca, -spræca, an; m. [ = for-speca]

One who speaks for another ⬩ an advocate ⬩ prolŏcūtor ⬩ advŏcātus

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One who speaks for another, an advocate; prolŏcūtor, advŏcātus Ðæt he beó mín freónd and forespreca, and ðære [MS. ðara] hálgan stówe freónd and forespræca that he be my friend and advocate, and the friend and advocate of the holy place. Th. Diplm. A.D

Linked entries: for-speca for-spræca

fore-spreca

an advocate ⬩ defender ⬩ a sponsor

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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. Th. i. 390