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for-wandodlíce

(adv.)

Similar entry: -wandodlíc

for-wandung

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Forwandunge pudore, Ps. Rdr. 34, 26. Forwandunga verecundiam, 68, 20. Add

for-wealwian

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

To wither up ⬩ wither away

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To wither up, wither away

fór-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
fór-weard, adv. l. for-weard,

for-trúwung

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Gerest ðæt mód hit orsorglíce on ðǽre fortrúwunga ( confidentia ), Past. 463, 11. For dǽre fortrúwunga ( fiducia ) his cræfta, 27. Add

for-wynned

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for-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
for-wyrcan, p. -wyrhte ; pp. -wyrht .

to do wrong ⬩ be guilty ⬩ to injure ⬩ destroy by wrongful working ⬩ to treat improperly ⬩ use badly ⬩ to bring to an end ⬩ to ruin ⬩ to make guilty ⬩ to commit crime against ⬩ guilty ⬩ criminal ⬩ sinful ⬩ to bring to an ill condition ⬩ to lose by evildoing ⬩ to forfeit ⬩ to bring about ⬩ cause what is evil

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Add: to do wrong, be guilty Búton hé forworhte, ꝥ hé þǽre hádnote notian ne móste, Ll. Th. i. 192, 16. to injure or destroy by wrongful working. to treat improperly, use badly Hié witan willað hwæt hié sellað, and nyllað wietan mid hwelcum woo hié hit

for-weorpness

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

Ejection ⬩ expulsion

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Ejection, expulsion Tó forworpnise Babilones ad transmigrationem Babylonis, Mt. L. 1, 17. v. preceding word

Linked entries: weorpness for-worpness

for-werednes

decrepitude

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decrepitude. Similar entries Cf. for-weorenness. Add:

for-weren

Similar entry: for-weoren

for-wiernan

Grammar
for-wiernan, Take here for-weornan, -wernan, -wyrnan in Dict. and add:

to refuse ⬩ deny ⬩ to refuse to give ⬩ to refuse admittance ⬩ to refuse ⬩ to restrain ⬩ prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ to hinder ⬩ prevent ⬩ to prevent

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to refuse something (gen.) to a person (dat.), deny Hé þæs teóþan dǽles Gode forwyrneþ, Bl. H. 51, 5. Hié him þára béna forwierndon, Ors. 2, 2; S. 64, 27. Him ǽtes forwyrnan, Hml. S. 22, 137. Him nánes willan næs forwyrnd, ne nánes lustes, Ps. Th. 48

for-worhta

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Dele, Similar entries and see for-wyrcan

for-worpness

Similar entry: for-weorpness

for-word

(n.)
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glosses iota Foruord ł pricle iota, Mt. L. 5, 18

for-wordenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-wordenlic, adj.

Corrupt

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Substitute: Corrupt Þysse worulde wela is wyrslic and yfellic and forwordenlic, Wlfst. 263, 13

Linked entry: -worden-lic

for-wracnian

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

To be an exile

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To be an exile Þám forwracnedum elþeódigum peregrinis, R. Ben. 82, 2

for-wrecan

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Þám forwrecenum elþeódegum peregrinis, R. Ben. 83, 1. Add

for-wrégan

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Forwréged publicatus, abdicatus, An. Ox. 7, 146. Add

for-wríþan

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Hafa þé línenne wætlan gearone ꝥ þú ꝥ dolh sóna mid forwríðe, Lch. ii. 208, 22. Add

for-wundorlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-wundorlic, adj.

Very wonderful

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Very wonderful Is ꝥ forwundorlic wíse and in úrum tídum tó wafienne res mira et nostris stupenda temporibus, Gr. D. 240, 4: 255, 25: 229, 20

Linked entry: wundor-lic

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