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for-hogodness

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Take here for-hogednes, and add

Linked entries: -hogodness for-hogdness

for-gyfendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
for-gyfendlíc, -gyfenlíc; adj.

Forgivingpardonabletolerableremissus

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Forgiving, pardonable, tolerable; remissus Tyro and Sydone byþ forgyfendlícre [MS. forgyfendlícur] on dómes dæg, ðonne eów it shall be more pardonable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you; Tyro et Sidoni remissius ĕrit in die jūdĭcii

for-leósan

(v.)
Grammar
for-leósan, he -lýst; p. ic, he -leás, ðú -lure, pl. -luron; subj. pres. -leóse, pl. -leósen; p. -lure, pl. -luran, -luren; pp. -loren

To loselet godestroyamittĕreperdĕredestruĕre

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Ðú forloren hæfst ða woruldsǽlþa thou hast lost the worldly prosperity, Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 7

Linked entry: be-leósan

for-súgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-súgan, p. -seág, pl. -sugon; pp. -sogen [súgan to suck]

To suck or draw outexsūgere

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To suck or draw out; exsūgere Wið forsogenum magan oððe aþundenum for a drawn out or puffed up stomach, L. M. 2, 7; Lchdm. ii. 186, 17

for-spild

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Cf. for-spildness. Add

fox-hol

(n.)
Grammar
fox-hol, es; n.
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A fox-hole, fox's earth Tó ðám foxhole; of ðám foxhole, C.D. iii. 384, 13. Æt ðǽm hwítan foxholum, v. 83, 28. On ðá foxhola, 340, 18

for-cúþlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-cúþlic, adj.

infamousignominiousignobledespicabledisgracefulworthlesspoorbad

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Similar entries v. for-cúþ (3 b) On þám horse þe hé mihte findan forcúþlocost on þám mynstre, Gr. D. 34, 10

Linked entry: cúþ-lic

for-styntan

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For Cot. 48: 177 substitute Forstynt contudit, i. domavit, fregit, compressit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 25. Forstyntaþ contundunt (virtutes tela sparorum, Ald. 204, 1), 96, 32: 20, 7

for-weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-weorþan, -wurþan; ic -weorþe, ðú -weorþest, -wyrst, he -weorþeþ, -wyrþ, pl. -weorþaþ, -wyrþaþ; p. ic, he -wearþ, ðú -wurde, pl. -wurdon; pp. -worden

To become nothingto be undoneto perishdiead nihilum devĕnīrepĕrīreinterlredeficére

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112, 27: 34, 9; Fox 148, 12.

for-þyldian

(v.)
Grammar
for-þyldian, -þyldigian, -þyldegian, -þylgian; p. ode; pp. od

To sustainbearenduresufferbe patientwait patientlysustĭnēretolĕrārepăti

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To sustain, bear, endure, suffer, be patient, wait patiently; sustĭnēre, tolĕrāre, păti For ðé ic forþyldegode hosp propter te sustĭnui opprobrium. Ps. Spl. 68, 10: 54, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 174, 10.

Linked entry: þyldian

fót-spure

(n.)
Grammar
fót-spure, es; n.

A foot-supportfoot-restpĕdum fultūra

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A foot-support, foot-rest; pĕdum fultūra Hí clumben upp to ðe hálge róde, námen ðá ðe kynehelm of úre Drihtnes heáfod, eall of smeáte golde, námen ðá ðet fótspure ðe wæs undernæðen his fóte, ðæt wæs eall of reád golde they climbed up to the holy cross

Linked entry: -spure

for-tión

(v.)
Grammar
for-tión, impert. -tió, -tióh, pl. -tióþ; subj. -tió, pl. -tión

To draw against or overcover overobscureobdūcĕre

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To draw against or over, cover over, obscure; obdūcĕre Ðæt mód mid ðam gedwol-miste fortió may cover over the mind with the mist of error, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 1

for-weallen

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>for-weallan;</b> pp. <b>-weallen</b> To boil away Wylle eft oþ ꝥ þæt eced sié forweallen, Lch. ii. 252, 23

for-swúgian

(v.)
Grammar
for-swúgian, p. ode: pp. od

To pass over in silencesĭlentio prætĕrīre

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Bt. 17; Fox 60, 10

for-sewennes

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Ðá swelcan mon sceal forsión mid eallum forsewennessum (-sewenissum, v. l.) ... for ðǽm ðætte sió forsewennes (-sewenis, v. l.) him ege on gebringe, Past. 265, 19.

for-gǽgednys

(n.)
Grammar
for-gǽgednys, -nyss, e; f.

A transgressionprevaricationstubbornnesstransgressioprævārĭcātioperversĭtas

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A transgression, prevarication, stubbornness; transgressio, prævārĭcātio, perversĭtas Hí wǽron deádlíce for dære forgǽgednysse they became mortal through the transgression, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 29.

for-tredan

(v.)
Grammar
for-tredan, ðú -tretst, -trydst, -trytst; p. -træd, pl. -trǽdon; pp. -treden

To tread upontread under footconculcārecalcāre

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To tread upon, tread under foot; conculcāre, calcāre Ðæt ðú cunne fortredan ðas woruld that thou mayest tread down this world, Homl. Th.ii. 392, 34. Ic fortrede conculco, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 43.

fót-spor

(n.)
Grammar
fót-spor, es; n.

A foot-trackfoot-tracepĕdis vestīgium

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A foot-track, foot-trace; pĕdis vestīgium On ðæt fótspor on the foot-track, Lchdm. iii. 286, 3

for-clýsan

(v.)
Grammar
for-clýsan, he -clýseþ, -clýst; p. de; pp. ed [clýsan to close, shut]

To closeshut upocclūdĕre

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To close or shut up; occlūdĕre Ðis sceal to ðám eárum [MS. ðan earen] ðe wind oððe wæter forclýst this shall [do] for the ears which wind or water closes up, Lchdm. iii. 92, 24

Linked entry: clýsan

for-healdan

(v.)

to withholdkeep backdisregarddetinēreneglīgĕrecontemnĕre

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Th. 4751; B. 2381: Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 17

Linked entry: for-ealden