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for-berstan

exhaustedto failbreak down

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Add: of material, to burst asunder, be lorn asunder Godwebba cyst (the veil of the temple) ufan eall forbærst, þæt hit on eorðan læg on twám styccum, Cri. 1138. Ðonne ðá twigo forburston, þonne gewitan þá sáula niðer þá þe on ðǽm twigum hangodan, Bl.

for-bígan

(v.)
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Assiria wearð bælc forbíged, Jud. 267. Take here for-bígan in Dict., and add;

for-boda

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Dele passage

Linked entry: fore-boda

for-bodian

(v.)

Similar entry: fore-bodian

for-bor

Linked entry: -bor

for-búgendlic

Linked entry: búgendlic

for-búgendlíce

(adv.)

Similar entry: un-forbúgendlíce

for-búgennys

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Dele

for-ceorfan

to cut upto cut offto cut down

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Add: to cut up, cut asunder Hé gelæhte his sex and forcearf his basing ... þá hlógon his geféran þæs forcorfenan basinges, Hml. S. 31, 69-72. Heó wæs forcorfen on middan on twá styccu per medium secabatur, Gr. D. 340, 20. to cut off, out, away Hió forcearf

for-cilled

(adj.)
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for-cilled, adj. (ptcpl.)

Chilled

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Chilled Wiþ forcillede wunda, Lch. i. 310, 15: 66, 5

Linked entry: cílian

for-clingan

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Forclingendu rigentia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 21. Add:

for-cnídan

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Hé forcnýdeþ hí comminuet eas, Ps. Spl. 28, 6. Add

for-corfian

(v.)
Grammar
for-corfian, (?)

to cut off

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to cut off Ðá hé ðone læppan forcorfedne (-ceorfedne, -corfenne, v. ll.) hæfde, Past. 198, 17

Linked entry: corfian

for-cunnian

(v.)
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for-cunnian, p. ode

To tempttry

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To tempt, try Huæt meh gé forcunnas quid me temtatis?, Mt. L. 22, 18. Of ðon forcunned sint quo appraehensi sunt, p. 13, 8

Linked entry: cunnian

for-cúþ

uncleanworthless

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Add: of human beings Uncystig oððe heamol, fercúþ frugus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 5: 70, 22. Ne bið hé ná cristen, ac bið forcúð wiðersaca, Hml. S. 17, 91. For þon Antiochus giémde hwæt hé hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nóm náne ware húlice hié wǽron, for þon

for-cúþlic

(adj.)
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for-cúþlic, adj.

infamousignominiousignobledespicabledisgracefulworthlesspoorbad

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infamous, ignominious, ignoble, despicable, disgraceful Forcúðlic hit bið ꝥ cyning beó unrihtwís, Hml. S. 13, 124. Hé cwæþ ꝥ him forcúþlic þúhte, ꝥ se án Iudéisca hine forsáwe, Hml. A. 98, 196. Forcúþlic absurdum, An. Ox. 2081. worthless, poor, bad.

Linked entry: cúþ-lic

for-cýþan

To reproverebuke

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To reprove, rebuke Geðreátas ł forcýðas of áde ... éc forcýðas ł geðreátas ꝥ hiá getimbredon byrgenna ðára wítgena increpat pharisaeos de juramento ... Item arguit pharisaeos aedificantes sepulchra prophetarum, Mt. p. 19, 11. 12. Forcýðde arguit (Sadducaeos

for-drífan

to drive awayoffoutto drive awaycast outto drive outto banishexpelto drive asideto overtask

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Add: to drive away, off, out an object from a position of rest Hé fordráf (eiecit) of ðǽm temple ðá scípo and ðá exin, Jn. L. R. 2, 15; Mt. L. 21, 12. Mið ðý fordrifenum (-drifnum, R.) allum ł mið ðý alle úte fordráf eiectis omnibus, Mk. L. 5, 40. Hine

for-dwilman

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for-dwínan

to vanishto passto fade awaydwindle awaypass awaydecay

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Add Ic fordwíne evanesco, i. evaneo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 27. Fordwínþ fatescit, i. evanescit, lacessit, 147, 23. to vanish, pass from sight Fordwán disparuit, Hpt. Gl. 502, 1. Fǽrlíce fordwán se ælðeódiga of his gesihðum, Hml. Th. ii. 286, 22. Hé ðǽrrihte