for-clýsan
To close ⬩ shut up ⬩ occlūdĕre
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To close or shut up; occlūdĕre Ðis sceal to ðám eárum [MS. ðan earen] ðe wind oððe wæter forclýst this shall [do] for the ears which wind or water closes up, Lchdm. iii. 92, 24
Linked entry: clýsan
for-drencan
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Heó gelaðode þá cwelleras swilce for cýððe and fordrencte hí mid wíne. Hml. S. 29, 327. Holofernis fordræncte hine sylfne mid þám strangum wíne ... and ealle his þegnas wǽron fordræncte, Hml. A. 111, 294. Add:
for-lǽting
leaving ⬩ quitting ⬩ leaving off ⬩ intermission
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leaving, quitting, Similar entries v. for-lǽtan, VI 2 a Gif þú gesihst beón fleón on húse þínum forlǽtincge getácnaþ, Lch. iii. 214, 9. leaving off, intermission Búton forlǽtincge sine intermissione, Angl. xiii. 439, 1049: 444, 1121
Linked entry: -lǽting
for-fang
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Add: ¶ for-fang occurs in a list of emoluments accruing to the king (Edward the Confessor) and granted by him to Westminster
for-gíman
to neglect ⬩ to neglect ⬩ to disregard
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Ne sceolde hé nán ðing forgýman ðe ǽfre tó note mehte, ne forða músfellan, Angl. ix. 265, 7. to neglect to do (dat. infin.)
for-sewen
Despised ⬩ abject
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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
wiþ-faran
To escape
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To escape. Similar entries v. wiþ, II. 3 Siððan hié ðam [herge] wiðfóron, Cd. Th. 214, 23; Exod. 573
Linked entries: wiþ wiþ-ferian wiþ-gangan
for-dimmian
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For 'R. Conc. 1' substitute Add::
for-weoren
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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.
for-hwirfan
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Take here for-hwerfan, -hwyrfan, and add
for-leósan
To lose ⬩ let go ⬩ destroy ⬩ amittĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre
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Ðú forloren hæfst ða woruldsǽlþa thou hast lost the worldly prosperity, Bt. 7, 1; Fox 16, 7
Linked entry: be-leósan
for-rǽdan
to give counsel against ⬩ to condemn ⬩ plot against ⬩ deprive by treachery, wrong ⬩ condemnāre ⬩ insĭdias 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
for-swerian
To FORSWEAR ⬩ to swear falsely ⬩ perjure ⬩ ejūrāre ⬩ pējĕrāre
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Gif hwylc lǽwede man hine forswerige, fæste iv geár if any layman perjure himself, let him fast four years, L. Erg. P. ii. 24; Th. ii. 192, 6, 14. Forsworen perjūrus, Wrt. Voc. 86, 69: Gen. 24, 8.
for-bæran
to forbear
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Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 13
fór-gyrd
A fore-girdle ⬩ martingale ⬩ antela ⬩ cingŭlum illud quod ante pectus ĕqui tendĭtur
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A fore-girdle, martingale; antela, cingŭlum illud quod ante pectus ĕqui tendĭtur, Som. Ben. Lye
for-weaxan
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Cf. for-grówan. Add
for-hwerfan
To transform ⬩ pervert ⬩ transformāre ⬩ pervertĕre
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Fox 26, 172; Met. 26, 86: Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 2. Eówra sáwla má forhwerfdon ðonne hie gerihton they have perverted more of your souls than they have directed, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 18
fór-mǽrnes
Brightness ⬩ glory ⬩ renown ⬩ clārĭtas
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Brightness, glory, renown; clārĭtas Fórmǽrnes and genyht renown and abundance, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 23, note 8
for-spenning
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I. 11, 3. luring to destruction, cf. for-spanan, Forspenningce anathemate, i. perditione, An. Ox. 5122
fór-rídan
To ride before ⬩ intercept ⬩ præequĭtāre ⬩ intercĭpĕre
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To ride before, intercept; præequĭtāre, intercĭpĕre Fórrád sió fierd hie fóran the force rode before them. Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 25. Ða men hie fóran fórridan mehton bútan geweorce the men they might intercept outside the work, 894; Erl. 93, 11