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Anglo-Saxon

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for-fón

to take away ⬩ to seize ⬩ to anticipate

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For 'I. to be deprived of . . . MS. H.]' substitute: to take away, take as forfeit Gif hine (a man who has sought asylum in a monastery) on þám fierste geyflige . . . léte mid ryhte þeódscipe . . . and þám híwum hundtwelftig sciłł. ciricfriðes tó bóte

for-gǽgan

to go beyond ⬩ exceed ⬩ transgress ⬩ to pass by ⬩ omit to do ⬩ neglect ⬩ to pass away

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Add: of wrong done, to go beyond due bounds, exceed, transgress Gecyndes gemet ic forgǽgde naturae modum excessi, Angl. xi. 116, 20. Gemet tó specenne ná forgǽg þú, Scint. 81, 13. Wolde Eleazarus sweltan ǽr þan þe hé Godes ǽ forgǽgan wolde, Hml. S. 25

for-gǽging

(n.)
Grammar
for-gǽging, e; f.

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-geara

(adv.)
Grammar
for-geara, for-geare; adv.

Very well

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Very well Ic nát ná forgeare hú ic hit þus macige, Hml. S. 23, 556

for-gedón

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Dele

for-genga

Similar entry: fore-genga

for-gengel

Similar entry: fore-gengel

for-gifedness

(n.)
Grammar
for-gifedness, (-gifen-?)

forgiveness

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forgiveness Andetnys synne forgyfednysse sylð confessio peccati ueniam donat, Scint. 40, 13

Linked entry: gifedness

for-gifendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-gifendlic, dative.
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Take this apart from for-gifenlic

Linked entry: gifend-lic

for-gifenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
for-gifenlíce, adv.

Easily

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Easily, without hardship from burdensome claims Tyro and Sydone bið forgifenlícor (remissius) þonne eów, Mt. 11, 22

for-gifestre

(n.)
Grammar
for-gifestre, an; f.
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A female giver Háligre forgifestre gyfe sancti datrix karismatis, Hy. S. 49, 11

Linked entries: gifestre for-gifend

for-gímeleásian

(v.)
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Excesserit, i. culpaverit, fregerit vel forgémeleásaþ, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 70. Sí forlǽten, forgýmeleásod excipiatur, An. Ox. 4571. Add:

for-gitan

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On ðǽre gesundfulnesse mon forgiett (-git, v. l.) his selfes, Past. 35, 6. Hit forgiteð his ágenes gódes, Gr. D. 6, 11. Heó forgeat ꝥ heó hine mid ródetácne gebletsode (ne gebledsode, v. l.) eam signo crucis benedicere oblita est, 30, 34. Ꝥ hié forgeátan

for-gitelness

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Foregytelnysse oblivionem, R. Ben. I. 28, 15. Add

for-gnídan

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Ic forgníde extricor, wǽron forgnidene extricabantur, Hpt. Gl. 494, 39, 37. Bið forsworfen vel forgniden demolitur, i. exterminatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 64. Add

for-gnidennys

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

for-grind

Similar entry: for-grindan

for-gríwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gríwan, pp. -griwen
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To sink in vice Þá þe on unrihttídum on oferfylla bióð forgriwene, Nap. 27, 30

for-grówan

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To grow to excess, Reim. 46. Substitute:

for-gryndan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gryndan, p. de

destroy

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To send to the bottom, destroy Hit eall se gífra flód forswealh and forgrinde, Angl. xi. 2, 40

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