fór-rídan
cut off
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to ride and stop, cut off
fór-rídel
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for-scæncednys
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for-scít
a flood-gate ⬩ sluice
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a flood-gate, sluice Catracte forscéta (cataracte aquam concludunt), Bl. Gl
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for-get
forgets ⬩ forgettest
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forgets, Bt. 3, 2; Fox 6, 9, forgettest, Ps. Lamb. 43, 24, =
for-scrang
shrank up ⬩ dried up
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shrank up, dried up. Ps. Spl. 128, 5
fór-neáh
Very nearly ⬩ nigh ⬩ nearly ⬩ almost ⬩ about ⬩ prŏpe ⬩ fĕre ⬩ pæne ⬩ paulo mĭnus ⬩ circĭter
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Very nearly, nigh, nearly, almost, about; prŏpe, fĕre, pæne, paulo mĭnus, circĭter Fórneáh fĕre, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 50. Fórneáh oððe hwæt-hwega hí fordydon me on eorþan paulo mĭnus consummāvērunt me in terram, Ps. Lamb. 118, 87: 93, 17. Seó upastíhþ
for-grípan
To seize ⬩ To destroy
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Take these together, and add: with acc. To seize, seize and carry off Ic ætbréde vel ic forgrípe diripio, i. rapio, abstraho, eripio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 48. Ealle hí se stranga deáð forgrípeð and nymð, Guth. 78, 15. Genom ł forgráp appraehendit, Lk.
for-lange
Long ago
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Long ago Forlonge (olim) ꝥte heá gehreáwsadon, Lk. L. R. 10, 13. Forelong, Mt. L. 11, 21. Forelonge dudum, Rtl. 194, 1
for-þeófian
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in Dict
for-gef
to give ⬩ forgive
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to give, forgive, Andr. Kmbl. 971; An. 486: Ps. C. 50, 45; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 45: 50, 63; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 63: 50, 139; Ps. Grn. ii. 280, 139: 50, 154; Ps. Grn. ii. 280, 154
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
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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-weoren
Tottering ⬩ decayed ⬩ marcĭdus ⬩ decrĕpĭtus
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Tottering, decayed; marcĭdus, decrĕpĭtus Eorþgráp hafaþ waldendwyrhtan, forweorene [MS. forweorone], geleorene earth's grasp [i.e. the grave] holdeth its mighty workmen, decayed, departed, Exon. 124 a; Th. 476, 14; Ruin. 7. Forworen decrĕpĭtus, Hpt.
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-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-clǽman
To plaster up ⬩ stop up
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To plaster up, stop up Forclaemid (printed fol-) obturat, Txts. 81, 1419. Forclaemde opilavit, 83, 1446
for-clyccan
To stop up ⬩ close
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To stop up, close Swá nǽdran forclyccende eáran heora, Nap. 79
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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
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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