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for-gilpan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gilpan, pp. -golpen

To boast of

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To boast of Ne récð God þǽre forgolpenan ælmessan, Wlfst. 234, 16

Linked entry: gilpan

for-giting

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

Forgettingoblivio

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Forgetting; oblivio Forgitincge obliuionis, Angl. xiii. 440, 1064. On forgytincge in obliuione, Scint. 174, 13

Linked entry: -giting

for-hæfednes

Grammar
for-hæfednes, and -hæfnes
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Forhæfednys parsimonia, i. abstinentia, An. Ox. 3748. Forhæfdnes continentia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 30. On færhæfdnesse (for-, Cott. MSS.) strenge, Past. 41, 14. Mið forhæftnise abstinendo, Rtl. 14, 12. Hine ǽghwylc sylfne on forhæfednysse band, Hml. S. 23

for-hǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hǽtan, p. te

overheat

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To make too hot, overheat Se mon wyrð tó swíþe forhǽt, Lch. ii. 244, 8

Linked entry: hǽtan

for-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
for-sellan, pp. -seald

To give upsacrificelose

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To give up, sacrifice, lose Gif hé nylle hý niman, hæbbe forseald ꝥ feoh ꝥ hé sealde si ille eam accipere nolit, perdat pecuniam quam dederat, Ll. Th. ii. 148, 31

for-slǽwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-slǽwan, p. de

hinderimpede

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To make too slow, hinder, impede, make reluctant Ðæt hé nóht unryhtlíce hit ne forslǽwde (-ðe, v. l.) quod in otio quasi non injuste torpescat, Past. 284, 3. Ná þé forslǽwe geneósian untrumne non te pigeat uisitare infirmum, Scint. 202, 4

Linked entry: for-sláwian

for-spænendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-spænendlic, for-spænnendlic.

Similar entry: for-spennendlic

for-hogdness

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

Contempt

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Contempt Tó worulde forhogdnisse ad contemtum saeculi, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 481, 15: Ps. Srt. 78, 4: Rtl. 103, 28

Linked entries: -hogdnes for-hogodness

for-hogiend

(n.)
Grammar
for-hogiend, es; m.

A despisercontemner

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A despiser, contemner Þearfena lufiend and his sylfes forhogiend cultor pauperum et contemptor sui, Gr. D. 329, 13

Linked entry: -hogiend

for-hrepian

(v.)
Grammar
for-hrepian, -hreppan(?)

to catch

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to catch In argscipe begrippene ł forrepene (reprehensam. Cf. repað reprehendit, R. Ben. I. 102, 2, and Icel. hreppa to catch. The strong form of the participle might be formed on the analogy of a verb like drepan), Jn. p. 5, 8

Linked entries: -repen for-repen

for-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hweorfan, p. -hwearf

To pass awaybe destroyed

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To pass away, be destroyed On þám dæge on þám fýrenan wylme sǽ forhwyrfeð (-hwirf-, v. l.) and eorðe and heofonas, Wlfst. 183, 4

for-hwirfedness

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

Perverseness

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Perverseness Ðú lufodest ealle forhwyrfednesse word, Nap. 24

Linked entry: -hwirfedness

for-hycgend

(n.)
Grammar
for-hycgend, es; m.

A despisercontemner

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A despiser, contemner Forhycgend (-hicg-, v. l.) úra goda contemtor diuum, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 21, 13. Forhicgend, R. Ben. I. 55, 13

for-lǽtedness

(n.)
Grammar
for-lǽtedness, e; f.

Intermission

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Intermission Bútan forlǽtednesse (-end- ? -en- ?) sine intermissione, Gr. D. 227, 16

Linked entry: -lǽtedness

for-lǽtere

(n.)
Grammar
for-lǽtere, es; m.

forsakes

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One who leaves, forsakes, &c. Forlétrum relinquentibus, Lk. p. 9, 17

Linked entry: lǽtere

for-leórness

(n.)
Grammar
for-leórness, e; f.

Transgression

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Transgression Foreliórnesse praevaricationes, Ps. Sp. 100, 3

Linked entry: leór-ness

for-leorning

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

error

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Learning wrongly, error Þæs leásung and forleornung cymþ tó him þe hé hine sylfne déþ tó þon þe hé nis therefore will falsehood and error come to him that he makes himself out to be that which he is not, Bl. H. 183, 34

Linked entry: leornung

for-lidennes

Grammar
for-lidennes, (-liþ-).
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Forliþennysse naufragio, An. Ox. 629. ꝥ ic forlidennesse gefare, Ap. Th. 12, 10. Forlidenesse ic þolie, Coll. M. 27, 1. Forlyðenisse, An. Ox. 56, 342. Add

for-mogian

(v.)
Grammar
for-mogian, p. ode

To decay

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To decay Sume cwǽdon ꝥ se líchama þe ǽne bið formogod and tó dúste gewend and wíde tósáwon, ꝥ hé nǽfre eft tógædre ne cóme, Hml. S. 23, 375

Linked entry: mogian

for-nǽman

(v.)
Grammar
for-nǽman, p. de

To consume

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To consume Þonne heó byð mid langre nearonesse þǽre gnornunge forht and geswænced and fornǽmed cum longa moeroris anxietudine fuerit formido consumta, Gr. D. 245, 3