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fore-gehát

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Ic mé sylfe myngode mínes foregehátes, Hml. S. 23 b, 543. Add

fore-geleóran

(v.)

to pass away

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to pass away Ꝥte foregeleóre praeterire, Lk. L. 16, 17

Linked entry: ge-leoran

fore-genge

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Dele

fore-gesettan

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Foregeseted tal propositum numerum, Mt. p. 12, 1. Add

Linked entry: ge-settan

fore-geþeóstrod

(part.)
Grammar
fore-geþeóstrod, pp.

Darkened

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Darkened Foregeðístrat obcecatum, Mk. L. 6, 52

fóre-gewítnys

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Dele

forp-lútan

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For Scint. 6: Prov. 29 substitute Forþloten tó sárgungum pronus ad lamenta, Scint. 29, 9, 10. Forðloten proclivior (ad peccandum ), Kent. Gl. 1068

ge-fóge

Similar entry: un-gefóge

herepæþ-ford

(n.)
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a ford where a herepæþ crosses a stream Andlong bróces on herpaþford, C. D. iii. 436, 30. as a local name: Hae sunt uillulae eorum . . . Herpoþford, C. D. iv. 164, 27

mǽr-ford

(n.)
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a boundary ford In mǽrford ; of ðan forda, C. D. v. 126, 32

fore-sceáwere

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Add: v. Archiv cxxix. 20, 11

fore-wyrdan

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Add: to settle terms, agree Eal swá mín swestar hit ér foræwyrde, C.D. iii. 274, 12

fýr-fóda

(n.)
Grammar
fýr-fóda, an; m.

Fire-food, fuel

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Fire-food, fuel Fírfódan malleoli, An. Ox. 7, 88

Linked entry: fóda

Brægent-ford

(n.)

Brentford in Middlesex,

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Brentford in Middlesex, Chr. 1016; Th. 280, 26, col. 2 : 1016; Th. 282, 5, col. 2

Bregent-ford

(n.)

Brentford in Middlesex

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Brentford in Middlesex, Chr. 1016; Th. 280, 28, col. 1

Bryt-ford

(n.)
Grammar
Bryt-ford, es; m.

a Briton ⬩ a ford ⬩ BRITFORD

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[Bryt a Briton, ford a ford] BRITFORD, near Sarum, Wiltshire Tostig wæs ðá æt Brytforda [MS. Brytfordan] mid ðam cinge [MS. kinge] Tostig was then at Britford with the king, Chr. 1065; Erl. 194, 38

fór-cuman

Grammar
fór-cuman, l. for-cuman,

Similar entry: fore-cuman

for-drugian

(v.)
Grammar
for-drugian, l. for-drúgian,
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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

for-habban

(v.)

To abstain ⬩ refrain ⬩ abstinent ⬩ continent ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ to restrain ⬩ keep away ⬩ to keep back ⬩ not to mention ⬩ to restrain ⬩ check ⬩ stop

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Add: intrans. To abstain, refrain Ne þú ne forhafa neque conpescaris, Bl. Gl. Ne mihte hé þá forhabban, B. 2609. Grammar for-habban, for-hæbbende abstinent, continent: Hine þá bróðra hatedon, þý hé swá forhæbbende wæs, Guth. 16, 26. Forhæbbendra continentium

fór-rídan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-rídan, l. for-rídan.

cut off

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to ride and stop, cut off

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