for-wexen
overgrown
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overgrown, Herb. 69, 1; Lchdm. i. 172, 7
for-þrycednes
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Take here <b>for-þriccednes</b> in Dict., and add Geberg from ferðrycednisse refugium a pressura, Ps. Srt. 31, 7
for-scéta
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fór-cuman
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for-drugian
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Áwisnade ł fordrúgade aruit, Lk. L. 8, 6. On þǽre stówe wæs getácnod swilce fordrúwod burna, Hml. S. 23 b, 197. and add
fór-rídan
cut off
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to ride and stop, cut off
fór-rídel
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for-scæncednys
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for-scít
a flood-gate ⬩ sluice
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a flood-gate, sluice Catracte forscéta (cataracte aquam concludunt), Bl. Gl
Linked entry: fór-sceótan
for-féhþ
surprises
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surprises, Exon. 20 b; Th. 54, 25; Cri. 874;
for-myrþrian
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Gif hwylc wíf hyre cild ámyrð innan hire ... oððe eft formyrþreþ (occiderit) siþþan hit forð cymð, Ll. Th. ii. 182, 25. Þǽr (at doom's day) swutelað ǽlc cild hwá hit formyrðrode, Wlfst. 137, 28. Add:
for-wyrhta
One who does anything for another ⬩ an agent ⬩ vicegerent ⬩ instĭtor ⬩ procūrātor
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Se ðe swá geþogenne forwyrhtan næfde, swóre for sylfne he who had not such a prosperous vicegerent, swore for himself, L. R. 4; Th. i. 192, 5
for-géton
forgot
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forgot, Deut. 32, 18: Mt. Bos. 16, 5
for-legis
an adulteress ⬩ a prostitute
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an adulteress, a prostitute Forliges prostituta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 5. Forlegese scorti, Kent. Gl. 162. Forlegisse mecham, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 38: 55, 13: Past. 353, 19. Eówer nebb sint swǽ scamleáse swǽ ðára wífa ðe bióð forelegissa, 206, 9. Forlegesum
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for-faran
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.
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for-hrepian
to catch
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The strong form of the participle might be formed on the analogy of a verb like drepan), Jn. p. 5, 8
for-gán
to forgo ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ go without ⬩ to abstain from
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Ðæt mon ðá lytlan forgá and ðá miclan dó, Past. 439, 23. Man forgá þýfðe, Ll. Th. i. 210, 3.
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for-irþ
A headland
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A headland (heáfod-land, q. v.) in the case of land whose furrows are at right angles to those of the adjacent land [cf. forera (other Latin forms are forertha, -erda, -erdum, v. Philol.
Linked entry: for-yrþ
for-sliet
Massacre
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Massacre, total slaughter Forsliét intrinicio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 71: 45, 65. Substitute:
for-weddod
Pledged ⬩ oppignĕrātus
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Pledged; oppignĕrātus Forweddod [MS. for-weddad] feoh pledged property; fīdūcia, Ælfc. Gl. 14; Som. 58, 13; Wrt. Voc. 21, 8