for-liger
an adulteress
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(? Gynd forligeru per scorta, Germ. 396, 236) an adulteress [The masc. (neut.?) is used of a woman]: Forligr adulter, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 27, 14. Forliger prostituta, meretrix, Hpt. Gl. 475, 26. Heó næs dyrne forligr, Hml. S. 12, 227. ꝥ þú ne beó forliger (
for-glendrad
To devour ⬩ consume
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To devour, consume In þám dæge lígettas forglendriaþ (-gleddriað, v. l.) middaneard and mancyn, Wlfst. 182, 11. Byrnende lígræscas forglendriað eówre wæstmas, 297, 9. Swá hwaet manncynnes swá fýr forbærnde and forglendrede, 183, 33. Forglendrian (? ?
for-bærnan
burn ⬩ scald
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Add: to consume by heat Forbærnde extorruil, An. Ox. 1434. Hié woldon þone cásere cwicenne forbærnan, Bl. H. 191, 12. Forbernende crematuros, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 41. Eorþe biþ forbærned tó axan, 91, 26. Ðæt land wearð fram heofenlicum fyre forbærned regionem
for-bítan
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To bite to pieces, destroy by biting Áhleóp án leó and hió swengde on hine and forbát him þone sweoran, Hml. A. 206, 391
for-brittan
to crush ⬩ destroy
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Take the passages under these under for-brítan, and add: Forbrýt, tóbrecþ conterat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 5. Forbrýte diruet, i. diuidet, Germ. 398, 144. with a material object Dryhten forbrycð and forbrýt þá myclan cedertreówu confringet Dominus cedros
for-cippian
To cut off
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To cut off Forcyppud precisa, Nap. 79
Linked entry: cippian
for-cirring
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A turning aside On forcirringe in convertendo, Bl. Gl. Forcerringe, Ps. Srt. 9, 4: 125, 1
Linked entry: -cirring
for-crafian
To demand
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To demand Neódbehéfnes stówe giforcrafað ( = gif forcrafað) si necessitas loci exegerit, R. Ben. I. 82, 3
Linked entry: crafian
for-démend
An accuser
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An accuser Wíf ne from fordoemendum gedoemedo mulierem nec ab accusatoribus condemnatam, Jn. p. 5, 9
Linked entry: démend
for-déming
Confiscation ⬩ sequestration
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Confiscation, sequestration Fordéming ǽhta proscriptionem rerum, An. Ox. 3149
for-helian
To cover up
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To cover up Forheledum tectis, Hpt. Gl. 528, 16
for-hergend
ravages ⬩ devastates
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One who lays waste, ravages, devastates Ferhergend, forhergen[d] grassator, Txts. 66, 467
Linked entry: hergiend
for-irþ
A headland
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A headland (heáfod-land, q. v.) in the case of land whose furrows are at right angles to those of the adjacent land [cf. forera (other Latin forms are forertha, -erda, -erdum, v. Philol. Trans. 1898, p. 530), vox agrimensorum, apud quos in agrorum distinctionibus
Linked entry: for-yrþ
for-legness
Fornication
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Fornication Ðæt yfel forlegnesse fornicationis vitium, Past. 401, 25: Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 133, 9
for-legniss
A harlot
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A harlot Forlegnisse meretrices, Mt. R. 21, 31. Forlægenisse, 32. Eówer nebb sint suá scamleás suá ðára wífa forelegnissa frons mulieris meretricis facta est tibi, Past. 207, 9
Linked entry: for-legis
for-licgend
A fornicator
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A fornicator Ǽlc forlicgend (fornicator) oððe unclǽne, Scint. 98, 10. Gewemmend and forlicgend mechus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 58
Linked entry: -licgend
for-feran
to perish ⬩ perish
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and add: of physical death. natural Se cing (Ethelred) forférde (geendode his dagas, v. l.) on S. Georgies mæssedæg æfter miclum geswince Chr. 1016; P. 148, 21. of violent or untimely death, to perish Forférde Hácun eorl on sǽ (comes Hacun in mari periit
for-gǽging
Transgression ⬩ excess
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Transgression, excess Hí be hyra forgǽgincgum beóð geþreáde de suis excessibus arguuntur, Scint. 115, 9
Linked entry: gǽging
for-gifedness
forgiveness
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forgiveness Andetnys synne forgyfednysse sylð confessio peccati ueniam donat, Scint. 40, 13
Linked entry: gifedness
for-gifestre
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A female giver Háligre forgifestre gyfe sancti datrix karismatis, Hy. S. 49, 11
Linked entries: gifestre for-gifend