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fóstre

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folm

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Add: m. pl. folmas Hé áþenede his folmas (folme, v.l. ) upp tó heofonum, Gr. D. 166, 7

for-bærnednes

(n.)
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for-bærnednes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

A burning upustio

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A burning up; ustio Wið for-bærnednysse [-nesse MS. B.] for a burning, Herb. cont. 168, 2; Lchdm. i. 62, 19: Herb. 168, 2; Lchdm. i. 298, 10

for-berendlíce

(adv.)
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for-berendlíce, adv.

tolerably

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In a way that may be borne, tolerably For-berendlícnr tolerabilius, Scint. 137, 6

Linked entry: berendlíce

for án

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fór-bóc

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Siþbóc, fór-bóc ilinerarium, i. librutn quem in itinere habebat, An. Ox. 2023. Substitute

flax-fóte

(adj.)
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flax-fóte, flox-fóte, flohten-fóte; adj.

Broad-footedflat-footedweb-footedpalmĭpes

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Broad-footed, flat-footed, web-footed; palmĭpes Ða fugelas ðe on flódum wuniaþ syndon flaxfóte, ðæt hí swimman mǽgen [MS. magon] the birds that dwell in waters are web-footed, that they may swim, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 15

for-bégan

(v.)
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for-bégan, p. de; pp. ed

To bow downbend downhumbleabasedestroydeprĭmĕrehŭmĭliāreimmĭnuĕre

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To bow down, bend down, humble, abase, destroy; deprĭmĕre, hŭmĭliāre, immĭnuĕre Ðæt gé gúþfreán gylp for-bégan that ye may humble the warrior's pride. Andr. Kmbl. 2668; An. 1335: 3141; An. 1573: Cd. 223; Th. 294, 8; Sat. 468

for-cwysan

(v.)
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for-cwysan, p. de; pp. ed

To shake violentlyconquassāre

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To shake violently; conquassāre He for-cwysde heáfda on eorþan manigra he shook violently the heads of many in the earth, Ps. Spl. 109, 7

fór-mǽl

(n.)
Grammar
fór-mǽl, fór-mál, e; f. [fór = fóre, mǽl a speech, discourse]

An agreementa treatyfœduspactum

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An agreement, a treaty; fœdus, pactum Wið ðam ðe he eall ðæt lǽste ðæt uncer fórmǽl wæs on condition that he fulfil all that was our agreement, L. O. 1; Th. i. 178, 8. Æfter ðam fórmálum [MS. -málan] according to the treaties, L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284

for-dón

(v.)
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for-dón, to for-dónne; he -déþ; p. ic, he -dyde, ðú -dydest, pl. -dydon; subj. pres. -dó, pl. -dón; p. -dyde, pl. -dyden; pp. -dón, -dén.

to do fordestroykillperdĕredestruĕredēlērecontĕrĕreinterfĭcĕreoccīdĕreto seducedefilecorruptsedūcĕrescĕlĕrāre

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Ðæt ic hig fordó ut contĕram eum, Deut. 9, 14. Ðæt he fordó ut perdat, Jn. Bos. 10, 10: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 260; Met. 20, 130. Ðæt we hig fordón ut perdāmus illos, Gen. 19, 13.

Linked entry: for-gedón

Heorot-ford

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Heorot-ford, Heort-ford, es; m.

Hertford

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Hertford Æt Heorotforda [Heortforda MS. D.] at Hertford, Chr. 913; Erl. 102, 1: 673; Erl. 36, 2; 37, 2

for-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-healdan, for-healden.

withholdkeep backdisregardneglect

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Gif hit þonne for[h]ealden sí, ꝥ his man brúcan ne mæge, þonne forbærne hit man, Ll.

Linked entry: for-healden

for-ða

(adv.)
Grammar
for-ða, adv.

For that causethereforeproptĕrea

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For that cause, therefore; proptĕrea Forða bletsode ðe God on écnysse proptĕrea benedixit te Deus in æternum, Ps. Spl. 44, 3

ford-wer

(n.)
Grammar
ford-wer, es; m.
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A weir at a ford Be súðan fordwere, C. D. iii. 437, 11

folc-land

(n.)
Grammar
folc-land, -lond, es; n. [folc folk, land land] .

the land of the folk or people

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Money was given and favour exhausted for that purpose. 4.

fóra-sceáwian

(v.)
Grammar
fóra-sceáwian, p. ode; pp. od

To foreseeforethinkconsiderprævĭdērepræcōgĭtāreconsīdĕrāre

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To foresee, forethink, consider; prævĭdēre, præcōgĭtāre, consīdĕrāre Fórasceáwod beón consīdĕrāri, R. Ben. interl. 64

for-fón

to take awayto seizeto anticipate

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For 'I. to be deprived of . . . MS.

fóg

(n.)
Grammar
fóg, es; n.

A joiningjointconjunctiocommissūra

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A joining, joint; conjunctio, commissūra, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: ge-fóg

Beorg-ford

(n.)
Grammar
Beorg-ford, Beorh-ford, es; m. [beorg a hill, ford a ford; collis ad vadum]

BURFORD in Oxfordshire

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BURFORD in Oxfordshire Hér Cúþréd, Wæst-Seaxna cining, gefeaht ðý xxii geára his ríces, æt Beorgforda [MS. Beorhforda], wið Æðelbald, Myrcena cing, and hine geflýmde here, in 752 Cuthred, king of the West-Saxons, fought in the twenty-second year of his