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-geara
Very well
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Very well Ic nát ná forgeare hú ic hit þus macige, Hml. S. 23, 556
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
for-gríwan
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To sink in vice Þá þe on unrihttídum on oferfylla bióð forgriwene, Nap. 27, 30
for-gryndan
destroy
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To send to the bottom, destroy Hit eall se gífra flód forswealh and forgrinde, Angl. xi. 2, 40
for-gyrdan
To girdle ⬩ enclose
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To girdle, enclose Hé Bretenlond mid díce forgyrde from sǽ oþ sǽ, Chr. 189; P. 9, note 4
Linked entry: gyrdan