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for-elcian

(v.)
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to put off too long, delay unduly Ꝥ sume þá gecorene . . . beón gemanede tó Godes þénunga þe heó forelcodan, Nap. 24 (12th cent. MS.)

Linked entry: elcian

for-eald

Similar entry: for-ealdian

for-hergian

(v.)
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Add: of action by persons, to lay waste a country, carry captive people Æfter þǽm þe hé Egyptum forhergede, hé gefór siþþan on Judana lond and hiera fela forhergeade; siþþan on Ircaniam hé heora fela gesette post transactum in Aegypto bellum plurimos

for-hladan

(v.)

to exhaust

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to exhaust

for-hogdlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
for-hogdlíce, adv.

contemptuously

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With contempt, contemptuously Críst þá mycclan burh swá forhogdlíce nemde, Bl. H. 77, 26

Linked entry: -hogdlíce

for-hogiendlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-hogiendlic, adj.

Contemptible ⬩ despicable

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Contemptible, despicable Forhogigendlic contemptibilis, Scint. 62, 7: 125, 9

Linked entry: -hogiendlic

for-hraþe

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Hé wearð þá gefullod forhraðe, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 1: Hml. S. 29, 149. Æðelstán cyng gefreóde Eádelm forraðe þæs ðe hé ǽrest cyng wæs very soon after he first was king, C. D. B. ii. 315, 18. Add

Linked entries: hraþe for-raþe

for-hwirfedlic

(adj.)
Grammar
for-hwirfedlic, adj.

Perverse

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Perverse Se forhwyrfda gást spræc forhwyrfedlice word, Bl. H. 31, 4

Linked entry: -hwirfedlic

for-hýnan

Similar entry: for-hínan

for-hyrdan

Similar entry: for-hirdan

for-inlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
for-inlíce, adv.

Similar entry: in-líce

for-inweardlíce

(adv.)

Similar entry: inweard-líce

for-lǽtenness

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Synna forlǽtennysse, Hml. A. 158, 155. Add

Linked entry: -lǽtennesse

for-leán

(v.)
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to reprehend strongly Þú scealt úpáhyfeðnysse forleón, Angl. xii. 517, 22

Linked entry: leán

for-legere

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Dele

for-legor

Similar entry: for-liger

for-leósan

to lose ⬩ to destroy

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Add: to lose. with acc. Ne forleósaþ hí þone willan, Bt. 36, 7; F. 184, 27. Titus sǽde þæt hé þone dæg forlure þe hé nóht tó góde on ne gedyde, Chr. 81; P. 8, 8. with dat. (inst.) Hé nǽfre forlýst ðám leánum, Bt. 36, 7; F. 184, 25. Forliést, 37, 2;

for-feored

Similar entry: un-forfeored

for-ferian

(v.)
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to bring to an untimely end Gif hwá óðrum his unmagan oðfæste, and hé hine on þǽre fæstinge forferie (if the person accepting the charge cause the death of the person committed to his charge. Cf. Si quis alterius puerum, qui ei commissus sit . . ., occidat

Linked entry: ferian

for-gǽgan

to go beyond ⬩ exceed ⬩ transgress ⬩ to pass by ⬩ omit to do ⬩ neglect ⬩ to pass away

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Add: of wrong done, to go beyond due bounds, exceed, transgress Gecyndes gemet ic forgǽgde naturae modum excessi, Angl. xi. 116, 20. Gemet tó specenne ná forgǽg þú, Scint. 81, 13. Wolde Eleazarus sweltan ǽr þan þe hé Godes ǽ forgǽgan wolde, Hml. S. 25

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