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for-þrysmian

(v.)
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Add: <b>-þrysman.</b> to choke as with smoke Þá Judéas Crýst mid stengum and myd blásum hyne forþrysmodon and úre leóht ofslógon, Hml. A. 191, 291. Þæt sǽd mid þǽra þorna wæstme forðrysmod wearð, Hml. Th. ii. 92, 6. Forðresmedon suffocato

for-þunden

Similar entry: for-þindan

for-þwyrftan

(v.)
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for-þwyrftan, (-þwyrtan)
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to cut off, cut down; obtruncare Forþwyrtan obtruncasse, An. Ox. 5028. Fortþerty ( = forþwyrte) obtruncati, 11, 75. Hí man forðwyrftum limum tó wæfersýne tucode, Hml. S. 28, 128

for-dilemengan

(v.)
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to dissemble, not to observe Ne fordilemenge man gyltas neque dissimulent peccata, Chrd. 18, 9

for-gǽgan

Grammar
for-gǽgan, <b>; I</b>
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Þá þe þis forgǽgað hoc temptantes. Chrd. 68, 35. Add

for-gifen

Similar entry: un-forgifen

for-hǽþan

Similar entry: hǽþ

for-healdness

(n.)
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At end of l. 3 insert: (nulla immunditia polluaris)

for-hogiend

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Crístes róde tácnes forhogiend ( contemptor ), Chrd. 41, 31. Add

for-lǽtan

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for-lǽtan, <b>; II.</b>
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For bóte úrra synna þises lífés dagas ús tó fyrste forlǽtene synt, R. Ben. 4, 18. Add

for-lǽþan

(v.)
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to loathe, detest Man forlǽþeð þæt man scolde lufian, Wlfst. 165, 3

Linked entry: lǽþan

for-licgan

Grammar
for-licgan, <b>; II 1.</b>
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Heora gedohtra ... forlæg se fæder fúllíce, Sal. K. p. 121, 35. Add

for-nirwian

(v.)
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Dele the bracket in l. 2, and add: to diminish the productivity of. The Latin original is: Fructus arborum deficiunt, Archiv cxxviii. 57

for-sceáwere

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for-stregdan

(v.)
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to destroy Ðý lǽs hé forstrugde hié, Ps. Vos. 105, 23

for-swarung

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For &#39;,Nap. 25&#39; l. periurium, Chrd. 40, 34

for-sweotole

(adv.)
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very plainly Forsweotole ongytan, Solil. H. 2, 23

for-wirnedness

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Add: abstinence from (gen. ) Heora forwyrnednesse þyssa woruldlicra þinga, Verc. Först. 118, 31

for-wyrd

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Add Hú unásecgendlica synt þysses lífes ídelnessa and forwyrda. Verc. Först. 131, 9

for-wyrht

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Add: ruin, destruction Eallwihtna hryre and eorþan forwyrht, Verc. Först. 74, 4

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