for-wyrht
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Först. 74, 4
for-wirnedness
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Först. 118, 31
for-wyrd
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Först. 131, 9
for-spillan
To spill ⬩ lose ⬩ waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ disperse ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ disperdĕre ⬩ dissĭpāre
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Ðæt he fordó oððe forspille of lande gemynd heora ut perdat de terra mĕmŏriam eōrum, Ps. Lamb. 33, 17
Linked entries: spilian swítan for-spyllan spillan for-specan for-swat
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
for-dilgian
To blot out ⬩ destroy ⬩ dēlēre ⬩ obnūbĭlāre ⬩ oblītĕrāre
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To blot out, destroy; dēlēre, obnūbĭlāre, oblītĕrāre He wolde ealle his þeóde fram ðam gingrum óþ ða yldran fordón and fordilgian he would do for and blot out all his nation from the younger to the elder, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 13: 5, 21; S. 643, 26.
for-þryccan
to injure ⬩ destroy by pressure ⬩ to torture ⬩ to close up
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Ic wille mé segnian, ac ic ne mæg, for ðon ðe ic eom forseted and forðrycced ( premor ) mid þám scyllum þisses dracan, 325, 5. to torture Beóð þá earman sáwla áhangene ofer þá hátestan lígeas, and þǽr þonne beóð forþriccende (-ede?)
for-dimmian
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For 'R. Conc. 1' substitute Add::
for-cuman
to seize ⬩ get hold of ⬩ to overcome ⬩ conquer ⬩ to consume ⬩ destroy ⬩ to reject
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Goth. fra-kwiman Ne mæg hit (fire) náne þára gesceafta eallunga [f]orcuman (cf. hit waldan ne mót ꝥ hit ǽnige eallunga fordó, Met. 20, 130), Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 18.
for-wrecan
To drive out ⬩ banish ⬩ expel ⬩ expellĕre ⬩ propellĕre ⬩ fŭgāre
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To drive out, banish, expel; expellĕre, propellĕre, fŭgāre Ðý-læs hit ýþa þrym forwrecan meahte lest the force of the waves might drive it out, Beo. Th. 3843; B. 1919. He hine feor forwræc he banished him far, 219; B. 109.
for-hwirfan
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Take here for-hwerfan, -hwyrfan, and add
for-liger
Fornication ⬩ adultery ⬩ fornĭcātio ⬩ adultĕrium
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Fornication, adultery; fornĭcātio, adultĕrium For forligere ob fornĭcātiōnem, Mt. Bos. 19, 9: Jn. Bos. 8, 41: Homl. Th. ii. 322, 28: L. Edm. S. 4; Th. i. 246, 5.
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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-wyrd
or uncertain
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Grammar for-wyrd, n. On seáð forwyrdes in puteum interitus, Ps. L. 54, 24. Sleges, forwyrdes internitionis, An. Ox. 835: Wlfst. 193, 22: R. Ben. 68, 22: Hml. Th. i. 194, 30. Þá bydelasþæs écan forwyrdes, 4, 12.
fór-heard
Very hard ⬩ prædūrus
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Very hard; prædūrus Wulfmǽr forlét fórheardne gár faran eft ongeán Wulfmær let the piercing dart fly back again, Byrht. Th. 136, 24; By. 156
for-genge
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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-hwyrfan
to change for or from ⬩ transform ⬩ transfer ⬩ remove ⬩ avertĕre ⬩ transformāre ⬩ to turn aside ⬩ pervert ⬩ deprave ⬩ subvertĕre ⬩ pervertĕre ⬩ deprāvāre
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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-weorþan
to become ill ⬩ to go bad ⬩ to come to a bad end ⬩ to perish
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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-spanan
allure ⬩ to lure ⬩ to lure ⬩ to 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.
stic-fóder
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a case made of twigs (? cf. stic-tǽnel) Man sceal habban . . . seahfæt, sticfódder, piperhorn, Anglia ix. 264, 19