for-gráp
grasped
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grasped, Beo. Th. 4695; B. 2353;
for-þryct
oppressed
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oppressed. Bt. 3, 4; Fox 6, 23;
for-bærning
Burning
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Burning, heal of inflammation Fleó hé þá mettas þá þe him forbærnunga and stiém oninnan wyrcen, Lch. ii. 226, 10
for-cirran
to turn ⬩ avoid ⬩ pervert ⬩ subvert
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Take here for-cyrran in Dict., and add: to turn (intrans.) aside from, get out of the way of, avoid Ǽghwylce yfele fótswaðu him ongeán cumende hé forbúgeþ, for ðon se yfela man hyne forcyrreþ, Lch. i. 318, 23. Barbarismum hig forbúgað, and eác barbara
Linked entries: for-búgan for-cyrran
for-cirredness
Perversity
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Perversity Hí onǽldon þǽra geongrena mód tó forcyrrednesse (-cerr-, v. l.) heora synlustes (ad perversitatem libidinis ), Gr. D. 119, 15
for-clyccan
To stop up ⬩ close
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To stop up, close Swá nǽdran forclyccende eáran heora, Nap. 79
Linked entry: clyccan
for-drǽfan
To drive ⬩ compel
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To drive, compel to do or undergo Be ðon ðe mon tó ceápe fordrǽfe. Ðonne mon bið tyhtlan betygen and hine mon bedrífeð tó ceápe, Ll. Th. i. 140, 15
Linked entries: drǽfan for-drífan
for-feallan
overwhelm
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To destroy by falling, overwhelm Ðá cwóm micel snáw . . . Ðá ic þá unmǽtnisse ðæs snáwes geseah, ðá þúhte mé ꝥ ic wiste ꝥ hé wolde þá wícstówe forfeallan cadere immense ceperunt niues, quarum aggregationem metuens ne castra cumularentur, Nar. 23, 16
for-flígan
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To put to flight Forflýcð aginat, fugat, Hpt. 31, 16, 418
Linked entry: flígan
for-gilpan
To boast of
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To boast of Ne récð God þǽre forgolpenan ælmessan, Wlfst. 234, 16
Linked entry: gilpan
for-giting
Forgetting ⬩ oblivio
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Forgetting; oblivio Forgitincge obliuionis, Angl. xiii. 440, 1064. On forgytincge in obliuione, Scint. 174, 13
Linked entry: -giting
for-hæfednes
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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
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
To give up ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ lose
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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
hinder ⬩ impede
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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
Similar entry: for-spennendlic
for-hogdness
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
A despiser ⬩ contemner
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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
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
for-hweorfan
To pass away ⬩ be 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