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forht-lic

fearfulfearfulterrible

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Add: fearful, feeling fear. v. Dict. fearful, inspiring fear, terrible Se stranga and se forhtlica wind, Shrn. 81, 31. ? Hý sculan nyttian lytlum and forhtlicum metum, Lch. ii. 30, 30

fore-weard

(adj.)
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fore-weard, adj.
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Add: fore-part of (noun in agreement). local Foreweard scip prorostris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 47. On foreweardre þisse béc principio libelli, Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 1. Mid forewearde orde stingan ex mucrone percutere, Past. 297, 11. Mid þrím fingrum foreweardum

fore-witan

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Be þám sáwlum þe forewiton (praenoscunt) monige wísan, Gr. D. 301, 14. Add

fore-wítegian

(v.)
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Stephanus . . . wé cweðað on Englisc, Gewuldorbeágod; for ðan ðe hé hæfð þone écan wuldorbeáh, swá swá his nama him forewítegode, Hml. Th. i. 50, 13. Heortan forewítegendra corde presago, Hy. S. 104, 1. Wæs forewítegod praefiguratur, An. Ox. 1541. Add

Linked entry: wítegian

fore-witig

Grammar
fore-witig, -wittig.

sagaciousforeknowingpresagingprophetic

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Add: sagacious Þá forewittigan sagacissimam, An. Ox. 70. His foregengan wǽron on gleáwscype swíþe bescáwede and forewittige, Lch. iii. 436, 12. foreknowing Drihten cwæð tó ðǽre byrig, 'Gif þú wistest hwæt þé tóweard is . . .' Gif seó buruhwaru ðǽre

fore-wittiendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
fore-wittiendlic, adj.

Foreknowingprophetic

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Foreknowing, prophetic Forewittiendlicere gecíednysse presago (i. prescio) uocabulo, An. Ox. 1502

Linked entry: witiendlíc

fore-wrégan

Similar entry: for-wrégan

fore-writennes

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Forewritenesse proscriptionem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 56. Add

forþ-ágoten

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-ágoten, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Poured forth, profuse Mid forðágotenum bénum, Hml. S. 23 b, 789

Linked entry: á-geótan

forþ-atincg

Similar entry: for-þeahtung

forþ-bǽre

Similar entry: forþ-bǽro

forþ-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-dǽd, e; f.
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Profit, advantage Mid his handcræfte hé ( S. Paul ) teolode his and his geférena forþdǽda, Hml. Th. i. 392, 17. Cf. Þá munecas náht syllan ne móston búta þám ánum þe heora bigleofan forð dydon ( were of service to their sustenance ), Hml. S. 31, 325

forþ-fæderas

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Add: Fathers. in a natural sense Eówere forðfæderas ( patres uestri, Jn. 6, 58) ǽton þone heofonlican mete, Hml. Th. ii. 266, 30: i. 558, 20. Heora heortan gerihtlǽcan mid heora fórðfædera gebysnunge (v. Acts, c. 7), 46, 9. Bið gelóme ofsprincg forscyldegod

forþ-gang

Grammar
forþ-gang, (-geong).
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Add: a going forth of a place Forðgang egressio, Ps. L. 18, 7. a going forth to a place Hire forbeád þone forðgang (-gong, v. l.) seó sceomu tó þǽre cyrichálgunge cum processionem imperaret verecundia, Gr. D. 72, 16. a going on, course, progress Forðganges

forþ-geleóred

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-geleóred, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Departed, deceased In þǽra forðgeleóredra fædera dǽdum in patrum praecedentium factis, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 356, 201

forþ-gesceaft

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Add: a condition that continues (? cf. forþ, 3), the state of the angels whose tenure of heaven was to continue for ever. Cf. God þá nigon engla werod gestaþelfæste swá þæt hí nǽfre ne mihton fram his willan gebúgan, Hml. Th. i. 12, 8 Engel Dryhtnes

forþ-gewiten

(adj.)
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forþ-gewiten, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Past His forðgewitenan yfelu hé sceal andettan, R. Ben. 18, 10

forþ-heald

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Add: bent forwards, inclined from the perpendicular; fig. prone to Andgit and geþóht menniscre heortan syndon forðhealde tó yfele ( in malum prona ), Gen. 8, 21. sloping, inclined to the horizontal Se weg is rúm and forðheald þe tó deáðe and tó hellewíte

forþ-here

Grammar
forþ-here, -herge.
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Dele <b>-herge,</b> and substitute: A host that marches forth Hié getealdon on ðám forðherge féðan twelfe ... on ánra gehwám ... fíftig cista, hæfde cista gehwilc gárberendra týn hund ( the passage corresponds with Exodus12, 37: Profecti

forþ-hreósan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-hreósan, Scint. 101, 13.