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for-gnidennys

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Forgnidennes contritio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 79. Add

for-grind

Similar entry: for-grindan

for-grówan

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To grow to excess, Reim. 46. Substitute:

for-gyrd

Similar entry: forþ-gyrd

for-healden

Similar entry: for-healdan

for-healdness

(n.)
Grammar
for-healdness, e; f.

Incontinenceunchasteness

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Incontinence, unchasteness Manna forhealdnessa, ꝥ is unrihthǽmed . . . Gástas ðe manna hyrtan beswícað, ꝥ is. . . forhealdnyssa gást . . . Ne gewemmað eówre líchaman ðurh forhealdnesse, Nap. 24

for-heáwan

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Drihten forheáweð ł forcyrfð hnollas synfulra Dominus concidet ceruices peccatorum, Ps. L. 128, 4. Add

for-syngian

(v.)
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Substitute: To make sinful; reflex, to sin Gif hé hine sylfne wið God forsyngað, Wlfst, 280, 8. ¶ forsyngod burdened with sin, sinful :-- Swá se man sý swýðor forsingod, swá he geornor Godes hús séce, Wlfst. 155, 8. Wearð þes þeódscype swýðe forsyngod

Linked entry: for-singian

for-tácen

Similar entry: fore-tácen

for-þanc

Similar entry: fore-þanc

for-þearle

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Hé wearð geblyssod forþearle, Hml. S. 3, 463. Hí geswencton hí sylfe forðearle, 13, 99. Se micela ylf ondrǽt him forþearle, gif hé gesihð áne mús, Hml. A. 64, 287. Add

Linked entry: þearle

for-ðí

Grammar
for-ðí, v. se;

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for-þrǽstan

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Add: to destroy by pressure. to crush, break to pieces Toeð synfulra ðú forðrǽstes ( conteruisti ), Ps. Srt. 3, 8. Forðrǽst ( contere ) earm ðes synfullan, 9, 36. Boga bið forðrésted, 36, 15. Reód forþrést calamum quassatum, R. Ben. I. 108, 8. Forþrǽste

for-lís

Similar entry: for-legis

for-liþen

Similar entry: for-liden

for-lorennes

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Deg forlorenisse (perditionis) heora, Txts. 413, 1. Add

for-lorian

(v.)

to lose

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to lose Gif forlorað ł losað énne si perdiderit unam, Lk. L. 15, 4

for-maneg

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Heora formænig foremǽre wearþ, R. Ben. 138, 26: 139, 19. Wénde þæs formonig man ... þæt ..., By. 239. Hí þone Hǽlend wrégdon formanegum yfelum dǽdum, and hé ne wearþ nǽfre náne wyrcende, Nic. 1, 18. Add

for-meltan

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Formelteþ liquitur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 22. ꝥ ís formealt on eallum þám mere and þ wæter waerð áwend tó wynsumum baðe, Hml. S. II, 198. Add

for-molsnian

(v.)
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Manna líchaman formolsniað tó dúste, Hml. S. 12, 28. Hire líchama ne mihte formolsnian on eorðan ... God mæg árǽran ðá formolsnodon líchaman, 20, 108-110. Seó anlícnys tófeól tó heora fótum formolsnod, 2, 374. Add: