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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

for-gyrd

Similar entry: forþ-gyrd

for-gyrdan

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

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

for-hæbbend

(n.)
Grammar
for-hæbbend, es; m.
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One who is continent, an unmarried person Þá eorþlican forhæbbendras terreni celebes, An. Ox. 1254

Linked entry: hæbbend

for-hǽlde

(v.)
Grammar
for-hǽlde, for-hǽlan; p. de

injure

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To make unsound(?), injure Forhǽlde offensa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 53. Substitute:

for-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-healdan, for-healden.

withhold ⬩ keep back ⬩ disregard ⬩ neglect

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Substitute: to hold improperly, withhold, keep back what should be paid On hǽþenum þeódum ne dear man forhealdan lytel ne mycel þæs þe gelagod is tó gedwolgoda weorðunge; and wé forhealdað ǽghwǽr Godes gerihta, Wlfst. 157, 12-14: 229, 19. Hý forheóldon

Linked entry: for-healden

for-healden

Similar entry: for-healdan

for-healdness

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

Incontinence ⬩ unchasteness

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Incontinence, unchasteness Manna forhealdnessa, ꝥ is unrihthǽmed . . . Gástas ðe manna hyrtan beswícað, ꝥ is. . . forhealdnyssa gást . . . Ne gewemmað eówre líchaman ðurh forhealdnesse, Nap. 24

for-heáwan

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Drihten forheáweð ł forcyrfð hnollas synfulra Dominus concidet ceruices peccatorum, Ps. L. 128, 4. Add

for-liger

(n.)
Grammar
for-liger, n.
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Forligr fornicatio, Scint. 86, 17. Forligref[s ?] fornicationis, 57, 4. Forligres, 88, 5. Forligeris prostibuli, fornicationis, Hpt. Gl. 435, 42. Forligeres, hǽmedes, An. Ox. 4219. Fúles forligeres lupanaris incesti, 4221. Forligres, 2, 307. Forlegores

for-liger

(n.)
Grammar
for-liger, m.

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-lís

Similar entry: for-legis

for-líþan

(v.)
Grammar
for-líþan, p. -láþ, pl. -liton, -liþon; pp. -liden, -liþen
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To suffer shipwreck Forliþan naufragaverant, An. Ox. 4490: 4621

Linked entries: for-liden for-lidennes

for-liþen

Similar entry: for-liden

for-lorennes

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Deg forlorenisse (perditionis) heora, Txts. 413, 1. Add

for-lorian

(v.)

to lose

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to lose Gif forlorað ł losað énne si perdiderit unam, Lk. L. 15, 4

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