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for-swelgan

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Se fisc forswylcð þone angel forð mid þám ǽse, Hml. Th. i. 216, 12. Þe lǽs wulfas forswelgen ( devorent ) míne sceáp, Coll. M. 20, 15. Forswelgan lurcare, An. Ox. 3573. fig. Forswelð devorat (os impiorum iniquitatem ), Kent.

for-hwyrfan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hwyrfan, -hwerfan; part. -hwyrfende; p. -hwyrfde; pp. -hwyrfed, -hwyrfd.

to change for or fromtransformtransferremoveavertĕretransformāreto turn asidepervertdepravesubvertĕrepervertĕredeprāvāre

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to change for or from, transform, transfer, remove; avertĕre, transformāre He forhwyrfþ eów of ðam lande he will remove you from the land, Deut. 28, 63.

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for-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-rǽdan, p. -rǽdde; pp. -rǽded; or p. -reord, -réd; pp. -ræden,

to give counsel againstto condemnplot againstdeprive by treachery, wrongcondemnāreinsĭdias 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-weorþan

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Gl. 342. in a moral or spiritual sense Ðonne forwyrð ðín bróður for ðínum ðingum, Past. 451, 33. Hé eóde on wésten þǽr ǽr Adam forwearþ, Bl. H. 29, 18. Þý lǽs gé forwyrþen ( pereatis ) of wege ryhtum, Ps. Rdr. 2, 12.

for-genge

(adj.)
Grammar
for-genge, adj.
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Gyf hit on lencten gebyrige, ꝥ þæ þonne þǽre flǽscun geweorð on fisce gestriéne, búton ꝥ þis forgenge sié if it (the time for giving a contribution of food (including flesh meat)) happen in Lent, that then the value of the meat may be taken in fish, unless

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for-spanan

(v.)

allureto lureto lureto lure

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illecebroso (v. for-spennan), Angl. xiii. 34, 174. Forspanendum lufum illecebrosis amplexibus, Angl. xi. 117, 33. Wearð þæt wíf forspanen þurh ðæs deófles láre, Hml.

for-nýdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-nýdan, p. -nýdde; pp. -nýded, -nýdd

To force greatlycompelcōgĕre

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To force greatly, compel; cōgĕre Wydewan syndon wíde fornýdde on unriht to ceorle vĭduæ crebro injuste ad nuptias trăhuntur, Lupi Serm. i. 5; Hick. Thes. ii. 100, 25

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for-weaxan

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Cf. for-grówan. Add

fór-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-sceótan, he -scýt, pl. -sceótaþ; p. -sceát, pl. -scuton; pp. -scoten

To shoot beforeanticipatecome beforepreventanticĭpāreprævĕnīre

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To shoot before, anticipate, come before, prevent; anticĭpāre, prævĕnīre Ða ungesǽligan menn ne mágon gebidon hwonne he [deáþ] him to cume, ac fórsceótaþ hine fóran unhappy men cannot wait till he [death] comes to them, but anticipate him beforehand,

Linked entry: for-scyttan

for-licgan

(v.)
Grammar
for-licgan, -licggan, -ligan; p. -læg, pl. -lǽgon; pp. -legen [licgan to lie]

To lie in a forbidden mannerfornicatecommit fornicationfornĭcāriadultĕrāre

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Sceolan þeófas and forlegene lífes ne wénan thieves and fornicators shall not hope for life, Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 21; Cri. 1611: L. Alf. pol. 10; Th. i. 68, 8. Forligende fornĭcans, Obs. Lun. § 4; Lchdm. iii. 186, 2

for-ildan

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Take here for-yldan, and add: to put off action. with a case, acc. Se sláwa ágǽlð and forielt (-ielð, v. l.) ðæt weorc ðe him niédðearf wǽre tó wyrcanne piger necessaria agere negligit, Past. 283, 25.

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for-lǽdan

destructionbetray

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Hé mid firde fór . . . and sóna þæs folces þone mǽstan dǽl fleónde forlǽdde and mid searwe þǽm cyninge on onwald gedyde acceptum exercitum statim Cyro per proditionem tradit, Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 27.

forþ-boren

(v.; part.)
Grammar
forþ-boren, part. [pp. of forþ-beran]

Born forthnoble-bornhigh-bornclāris parentĭbus ortusnōbĭlis

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Born forth, noble-born, high-born; clāris parentĭbus ortus, nōbĭlis We lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig forþboren preóst ne forseó ðone læsborenan we enjoin that no high-born priest despise the lower born, L. Edg. C. 13; Th. ii. 246, 20

for-spenning

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I. 11, 3. luring to destruction, cf. for-spanan, Forspenningce anathemate, i. perditione, An. Ox. 5122

for-gildan

(v.)

to pay backrestorepay damagesto pay forbuy offto repaypay outrequiteto payperform

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For ðon ic cweþe ꝥ hí hit gyldan, for þon hý fóð tó mínum þe ic syllan mót, 491, 23. where the rate or manner of payment is given: Bæd Ælfsige ǽgiftes his mannes (a woman who had been stolen), and Æðelstán hine ágef, and forgeald him mid twám pundum,

forþ-stóp

(v.; part.)
Grammar
forþ-stóp, pl. -stópon

went forthproceededpassed by

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went forth, proceeded, passed by, Ps. Lamb. 72, 7: Mk. Bos. 14, 35: 15, 29;

for-seárian

(v.)
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Menn forseáriað for ógan (v. Lk. 21, 26), Hml. Th. i. 610, 19. trans. To cause to wither Forseárigende sáwle his arefaciens animam suam, Scint. 110, 18

for-hogian

(v.)

to disdainto disdain

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Sume men for heora prýtan forhogiað ꝥ hí hýran godcundan ealdran, Ll. Th. i. 332, 34. with infin. Hé forhogode tógénes grétan, Gr. D. 34, 6. with dat. infin.

for-weorpan

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., of reckless or fruitless expenditure :-- Ðýý God nele ꝥ wé beón grǽdige gýtseras, ne eác for woruldgylpe forwurpan úre ǽhta, Hml. S. 16, 330.

for-gifnes

(n.)
Grammar
for-gifnes, -gyfnes, forgifnes-ness, -nyss, -gifeness, -gyfenes, -gyfennes, -gifeniss, -gifenys, -gefenes, -ness, e; f.

FORGIVENESSremissionindulgencepermissionremissiovĕniaindulgentia

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To forgefenesse gáste mínum for forgiveness to my soul, Ps. C. 50, 37; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 37