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ymb-fón

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-fón, p. -féng.
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Seó séleste gesǽlþ ða óþra gesǽlþa ealle on innan him gegaderaþ, hí útan ymbféhð, Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 21. Ðú meaht ymbfón eal folca gesetu, Exon. Th. 466, 2; Hö, 115. Ymbfónde gyrens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 66.

for-sewen

(adj.)
Grammar
for-sewen, adj. (ptcpl.)

Despisedabject

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Ðonne óðrum monnum ðyncð ðæt hié mǽste scande ðrowigen, and hié forsewenuste bióð for worulde cum exterius perpeti abjecta cernuntur, Past. 87, 1

for-dilgian

(v.)
Grammar
for-dilgian, -diligian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To blot outdestroydēlēreobnūbĭlāreoblītĕrāre

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To blot out, destroy; dēlēre, obnūbĭlāre, oblītĕrāre He wolde ealle his þeóde fram ðam gingrum óþ ða yldran fordón and fordilgian he would do for and blot out all his nation from the younger to the elder, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 13: 5, 21; S. 643, 26.

for-þryccan

(v.)
Grammar
for-þryccan, -þrycan; p. -þrycte; pp. -þrycced, -þryct

To tread underoppress greatlysuppressoverwhelmopprĭmĕresupprĭmĕre

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Bt. 3, 4; Fox 6, 23

Linked entries: þryccan for-þriccan

for-þryccan

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Ic wille mé segnian, ac ic ne mæg, for ðon ðe ic eom forseted and forðrycced ( premor ) mid þám scyllum þisses dracan, 325, 5. to torture Beóð þá earman sáwla áhangene ofer þá hátestan lígeas, and þǽr þonne beóð forþriccende (-ede?)

under-fón

(v.)
Grammar
under-fón, p. -féng, pl. -féngon; pp. -fangen.

to receiveto have givento getto receivesubmit toa riteto receive a personto receive for the purpose of entertaining, sheltering, harbouringto receive for safe conduct, custodyto receive as a servant or dependentto receive, admit into a societyto receive as a masterto submit toto receiveadmit the claims ofto receive, admit the force of a person's wordsaccept testimonyto receive what is offeredto acceptto receiveserve as a receptacle forto receive or accept an office, a duty, etc.to take upon one's selfto undertake a labour, task, etc.to receive what is burdensomeundergobearto take surreptitiouslyto steal

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Hig underfóð ðis folc mid ðé ut sustentent tecum onus populi, Num, 11, 17.

Linked entry: under-niman

for-swælan

(v.)
Grammar
for-swælan, l. -swǽlan,
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D. for-sweal. un-forswǽled

fór-áþ

(n.)
Grammar
fór-áþ, es; m.

A fore-oathan oath first takenpræjūrāmentumantejūrāmentum

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A fore-oath, an oath first taken; præjūrāmentum, antejūrāmentum Ofgá his spræce mid fóráþe let him begin his suit with a fore-oath, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 31

for-gán

(v.)
Grammar
for-gán, to -gánne; he -gǽþ; p. -eóde, pl. -eódon; pp. -gán

To FOR-GOabstain frompass overneglectabstĭnēretranscendĕreprætĕrire

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To FOR-GO, abstain from, pass over, neglect; abstĭnēre, transcendĕre, prætĕrire Ðæt he smeáge hwæt him sý to dónne and to forgánne that he meditate what is for him to do and what to forgo, L. C. S. 85; Th. i. 424, 6.

fór-yrnere

(n.)

a fore-runnerpræcursor

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a fore-runner; præcursor. Som. Ben. Lye

for-dimmian

(v.)
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For 'R. Conc. 1' substitute Add::

for-weoren

(adj.)
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Substitute: <b>for-weoren</b> (-wer-, -wor-); adj. (ptcpl.) Withered away, very old, decrepit, worn out with age Decrepita i. vetula forweren valde senex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 76. Forwered, forworen decrepita, i. inueterata, An. Ox. 2109.

mis-fón

(v.)

to fail to taketo mistake

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to fail to take, to mistake Ic hwílum gecoplíce funde ac ic nú gerádra worda misfó once I readily invented, but now I fail to get appropriate words, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 9. Be ðǽm ðe on cyricean misfón.

Linked entries: mis-cirran fón

for-teón

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>for-teón;</b> p. -teáh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen. to pull and hurt, to gripe Fortogen turminosus, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 10.

for-hwirfan

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Take here for-hwerfan, -hwyrfan, and add

for-scirian

(v.)
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Först. 143

fór-ward

(n.)
Grammar
fór-ward, e; f.

a fore-wardprecaution

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a fore-ward, precaution, Chart. ad calc. C. R. Ben. Lye

on-fón

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Mín gebedo wendon eft tó mé, for þám heora nolde onfón se déma þe ic him tó sende, 34, 13.

on-fón

(v.)
Grammar
on-fón, p. -féng; pp. -fangen ( with gen. dat. acc.).

to taketo take what another appoints or grants, to receive, have givento take what another offers, receive favourably, acceptto receive a personto undergo a rite, undertake a dutyto conceiveto take to, to beginincipere

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Gif hí sibbe mid Godes mannum onfón ne woldan, ðæt hí wǽron unsibbe fram heora feóndum onfónde, Bd. 2, 2; S. 503, 30. to receive a person for entertainment, assistance or protection; Similar entries v. on-fónd Swá hwylc swá ánne lytling onféhþ, se onféhþ

Linked entries: an-fón on-fónd

for-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-rǽdan, p. -rǽdde; pp. -rǽded; or p. -reord, -réd; pp. -ræden,

to give counsel againstto condemnplot againstdeprive by treachery, wrongcondemnāreinsĭdias părāre

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v. a. to give counsel against, to condemn, plot against, deprive by treachery, wrong; condemnāre, insĭdias părāre We beódaþ ðæt man Cristene men for ealles tó lytlum to deáþe ne forrǽde we command that Christian men be not for altogether too little condemned