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.
Linked entry: for-ferian
for-wyrcan
to do wrong ⬩ be guilty ⬩ to injure ⬩ destroy by wrongful working ⬩ to treat improperly ⬩ use badly ⬩ to bring to an end ⬩ to ruin ⬩ to make guilty ⬩ to commit crime against ⬩ guilty ⬩ criminal ⬩ sinful ⬩ to bring to an ill condition ⬩ to lose by evildoing ⬩ to forfeit ⬩ to bring about ⬩ cause what is evil
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Ealle þá þe fordémede wǽron oþþe hié selfe forworht hæfdon homines quicunque sceleribus obnoxii essent, Ors. 4, 9; S. 190, 36. ¶ Grammar for-wyrcan, for-worht,-wyrht guilty, criminal, sinful. as regards human law Wið cyning forwyr[h]t majestatis reus
for-scéta
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fór-weard
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-féhþ
surprises
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surprises, Exon. 20 b; Th. 54, 25; Cri. 874;
Gild-ford
a town in Surrey, on the river Wey
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GUILDFORD, a town in Surrey, on the river Wey, Lye.
for-fylden
To fill up ⬩ stop up ⬩ obstruct
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To fill up, stop up, obstruct Forfyldan obstrictas (for? obstructas), Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 22. Substitute:
fór-faran
To go before ⬩ get in front of ⬩ præīre
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To go before, get in front of; præīre Fórfóron him ðone múþan fóran on úter mere they got in front of them before the mouth [of the river] in the outer sea, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 21
for-bredan
transform ⬩ to corrupt
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Srt. 54, 10. to snatch away Oft ic sýne ofteáh . . . misthelme forbrægd eágna leóman, Jul. 470. to change for the worse, transform, v. bregdan, I. l e Hí sǽdon ꝥ hió sceolde mid hire drýcræft þá men forbrédan, and weorpan hí an wildedeóra líc, Bt. 38
for-ðon
For that ⬩ for ⬩ because ⬩ quia ⬩ quŏniam
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For that, for, because; quia, quŏniam Forðon ðú ofslóge ealle quŏniam tu percussisti omnes, Ps. Spl. 3, 7. Forðonðe wyste Drihten weg rihtwísra quŏniam nōvit Dŏmĭnus viam justōrum, 1. 7
for-scrang
shrank up ⬩ dried up
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shrank up, dried up. Ps. Spl. 128, 5
for-weallen
To boil away
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To boil away Wylle eft oþ ꝥ þæt eced sié forweallen, Lch. ii. 252, 23. Substitute:
for-þyldian
to bear ⬩ suffer ⬩ take patiently
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These two forms may be taken separately: for-þyldian to bear, suffer, take patiently Gif syngiende gefýstludegé forþyldiaþ (suffertis), Scint. 7, 16. Forþyldigaþ tollerant, An. Ox. 4270.
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-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-hátan
to renounce ⬩ outlaw ⬩ proscribe
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Add: to promise or vow not to do, to renounce Bútan synne hé mæg gehíwian, gif hé hit ǽr ne forhét sine culpa ad conjugium veniunt si necdum meliora voverunt, Past. 401, 35.
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-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